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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025
DGHS to collect coronavirus samples instead of IEDCR

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

TBS Report
03 May, 2020, 08:05 pm
Last modified: 03 May, 2020, 08:06 pm

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DGHS to collect coronavirus samples instead of IEDCR

IEDCR will only be involved with the research and quality control

TBS Report
03 May, 2020, 08:05 pm
Last modified: 03 May, 2020, 08:06 pm
File Photo: Test kits have been one of the main ways to determine if a patient has coronavirus/Collected
File Photo: Test kits have been one of the main ways to determine if a patient has coronavirus/Collected

Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR) will no longer collect samples from potential Covid-19 patients. 

From now on, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will collect the samples. IEDCR will only be involved with the research and quality control. 

"IEDCR will no longer go door to door to collect samples for coronavirus testing. The institute will work on controlling quality," Principal Scientific Officer of IEDCR A S M Almir told The Business Standard.

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"The institute may still collect some samples. But those will be collected as a part of the epidemiological survey," he added. 

DGHS will collect samples and send them to different laboratories for testing, he further said.

The previous 17 teams will go door to door to collect samples. But they will work under the supervision of DGHS, instead of IEDCR. All the existing hotline numbers will remain operational.

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