Liberation war affairs minister, his wife infected with Covid-19
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, his wife, and private secretary have tested Covid-19 positive, a ministry statement said yesterday.
Mozammel, his wife Laila Arjumand Banu, and Private Secretary Habibur Rahman had the coronavirus tests on Thursday and the results came yesterday, said the statement, signed by the ministry's Senior Public Relations Officer Sufi Abdullahil Maruf.
The minister and his wife were receiving treatment at their home on the capital's Mintoo Road following doctors' advice. They were feeling feverish and had no complications, he told this newspaper.
Habibur was also taking treatment at his home, he added.
A freedom fighter and an MP from Gazipur, Mozammel, 74, is the second cabinet member who tested Covid-19 positive, after Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing.
Seven other MPs tested coronavirus positive and two of them have recovered.