Covid-19 : Rab official tests positive in Ctg

A member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) tested Covid-19 positive in Chattogram's Patenga on Monday.

He is among nine people who have tested positive in the port city on the same day. The assistant sub-inspector (35)is now in isolation at Rab-7 headquarters, said Rab officials.

Alongside him, a traffic constable and a doctor of Chattogram Medical College Hospital have also tested positive.

The number of police personnel infected is now seven, according to Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) sources.

Alarmed by this, CMP shifted 33 traffic police personnel to a private hotel in the city's Chawkbazar on Monday.

Rab-7 Commanding Officer Lt Col Moshiour Rahaman Jewel told The Daily Star, "The ASI has remained in the isolation unit of Rab-7 headquarters since April 7, after he had reported sore throat."

"He is now undergoing treatment in isolation. Ten persons who came in contact with him have been sent to isolation. They will be gradually tested for the virus," the commanding officer added.

CMP Additional Deputy Commissioner Abu Bakkar Sidduqe said they are trying to ease the pressure from traffic barracks by shifting the policemen to other places as it is quite tough to maintain social distancing inside the barrack.

As per the process, two separate places, including CMP School and College and GEC Convention Centre, have been chosen and different units of CMP are shifting there.

CMP ADC (headquarters) Md Moinul Islam said 33 rooms of the CMP school have already been set up for quarantine purposes.  Besides, 20 isolation beds and a dedicated flu corner have been set up at Dampara Divisional Police Hospital.