No more coronavirus patient in Bangladesh: IEDCR
“None of the three infected patients were found positive for the novel coronavirus after required tests”
There is no more coronavirus patient in the country as the three infected Bangladeshis patients have completely recovered from the disease, the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said today.
"None of the three infected patients were found positive for the novel coronavirus after required tests," IEDCR Director Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora said today during a regular press briefing in the capital.
"One of them has been discharged from the hospital while two others are still under observation," she added.
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"A total of nine people are in the isolation at different hospitals in the country and four people are in institutional quarantine," Dr Flora said further.
On March 8, Bangladesh reported its first three cases of coronavirus. Two of them were Italy returnee Bangladeshis.
The death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 reached 5,436 globally as of Saturday. Besides, 145,810 cases were reported from around the world.
