UNO among 13 to test positive for Covid-19 in Jamalpur
Thirteen people, including an Upazila Nirbahi Officer and a medical officer, tested positive in Jamalpur district in the 24 hours till 2:30pm today.
The UNO of Islampur upazila and the medical officer of Sarishabari Upazila Health Complex have been placed under home isolation, our local correspondent reports quoting Jamalpur Civil Surgeon Pronoy Kanti Das.
The other people to have tested positive for Covid-19 have also been sent to the isolation unit set up at Sheikh Hasina Medical College in Jamalpur, the civil surgeon added.
The samples of 11 people, including the UNO and the medical officer, were tested at the PCR lab of Sheikh Hasina Medical College while samples of the two others were tested at the Mymensingh Medical College Hospital lab, he said.
The civil surgeon said the new cases brought the number of coronavirus cases to 194 in the district. Of them, 22 are doctors, 12 are nurses and 42 are health workers.
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