Shyama Haque Chowdhury, wife of Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).
Her and her security guard’s test results came back negative at the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
Mayor Ariful confirmed the matter and has expressed deep concern over the rising number of covid-19 cases across the country. He sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention in this regard.
He is currently under home-isolation at his residence in the city’s Kumarpara.
On May 27, former mayor of Sylhet City Corporation and Awami League's central committee member Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran and his wife Asma Kamran were also tested positive for Covid-19