Health Desk- 13 Feb,
2020: The health directorate on Wednesday said no novel coronavirus, newly
named as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), case was detected in the country
till Wednesday.
“No person infected with COVID 19 has been detected yet in
Bangladesh. Though a suspect was admitted to a hospital of Dhaka, the virus was
not found after the test of his samples,” said Prof Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora,
Director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research
(IEDCR).
She disclosed the latest update on the virus while
addressing a press briefing at the IEDCR.
Sabrina Flora also said the World Health Organisation (WHO)
has named officially the coronavirus as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul
Kalam Azad held a meeting with owners of private hospitals on Wednesday and
directed them to open separate unit in their hospitals immediately for COVID-19
treatment, if necessary.
The owners of the private hospitals agreed on the directives
and sought cooperation of the government in this regard.
According to the IEDCR, it has received 1358 calls for
inquiry over the virus. So far, some 59 have gone through tests. But, no one
has been diagnosed with the virus yet.
The government has decided to put passengers coming from
China or those who had visited China in the last 14 days under quarantine.
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