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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2025
DGHS chief in self-isolation with Covid-19 symptoms

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

TBS Report
12 May, 2020, 03:05 pm
Last modified: 12 May, 2020, 05:06 pm

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DGHS chief in self-isolation with Covid-19 symptoms

Additional Director General Professor Dr Nasima Sultana will take charge of the health directorate in his absence

TBS Report
12 May, 2020, 03:05 pm
Last modified: 12 May, 2020, 05:06 pm
Former Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad. Photo: Collected.
Former Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad. Photo: Collected.

Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad, chief of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), has gone into self-isolation in his home after showing symptoms of Covid-19.

A duty officer of the DGHS Integrated Covid-19 Control Room confirmed the matter to The Business Standard on Tuesday.

The director general provided his sample for testing on May 11. 

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Additional Director General Professor Dr Nasima Sultana will take charge of the health directorate in his absence, the DGHS officer said.

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