Prof Dr Shahidullah Sikder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has tested positive for coronavirus.
BSMMU Vice Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua confirmed the matter on Thursday evening, reports UNB.
“Shahidullah, chairman of the department of dermatology and venereology and pro vice chancellor (research and development) of BSMMU, tested positive on Thursday,” he said.
Dr Shahidullah is also a presidium member of Gonotontry Party, one of the 14 parties of Awami League-led political alliance.
Barua said that Shahidullah’s department has been disinfected and those who came in contact with him have been put under quarantine.
Several BSMMU doctors said Shahidullah was on the campus on Thursday and distributed masks among his colleagues.
The Bangladesh authorities till Thursday have detected total 330 Covid-19 patients.
Covid-19 has so far led to the deaths of over 89,000 people in more than 200 countries and territories, including 21 in Bangladesh.
