The upazila administration has put Boroichhara village of Harirampur upazila under lockdown after a woman with Covid-19 symptoms died.
Harirampur Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Sabina Yasmin announced the lockdown on Sunday noon, reports our correspondent Motiur Rahman.
The announcement came after the 26-year-old woman of Boroichhara village, suffering from fever, cough and diarrhoea, died at Munnu Medical College Hospital in the district.
Contacted, UNO Sabina Yasmin said: “We have sent blood samples to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in Dhaka for testing. The village will remain under lockdown until the reports reach us.”
She also added that during the lockdown, villagers will get all out help from the administration.
Meantime, Munnu Medical College Hospital Director Dr Mahabubul Hasan said: “The woman was brought dead here. As she died suffering from fever, cough and diarrhoea, the samples were sent to IEDCR.”
Deputy Commissioner SM Ferdous said: “We have quarantined the deceased’s family and neighbours. Moreover, the hospital where the woman died has been kept under surveillance.”
22 houses under lock down in Kurigram and Noakhali
Some 22 houses were kept under lock down to tackle the spread of coronavirus in Kurigram and Noakhali.
In Kurigram, 18 houses were put under lockdown in Phulbari upazila.
The authorities have also kept the houses of 48 overseas returnees under surveillance, reports UNB
Phulbari police station OC Rajib Kumar, said 70 people arrived in Kurigram from Dhaka and outside the country in the last several days.
“Of the 70 people, two came from India. Local administration has already put 18 houses under lock down and hoisted a red flag on top of their houses. Their houses have been kept under surveillance,” he said.
Dr Mohammad Raju Mia, Resident Medical Officer of Phulbari Upazila Health Complex, said some of them were asked to stay in home quarantine while eight others were kept at the isolation unit of the hospital.
In Noakhali’s Subarnachar, four houses were kept under lock down including the house of an auto-rickshaw driver who demonstrated symptoms of the viral disease.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer ASM Ibnul Hasan said the man’s blood sample was sent to Chittagong for testing, reports our correspondent Ranajit Chandra Kuri.
The quack who initially provided treatment to the man was sent to home quarantine.
Shaila Sultana Jhuma, health and family planning official of Subarnachar upazila, said: “The 38-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was suffering from cold and fever for the past six days. His blood sample was sent for testing after a doctor of a local hospital visited him.”
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 48 COVID-19 cases and five deaths.