Coronavirus fears: 3 houses under lockdown in Bogura

Three houses in Bogura's Dhunat upazila have been placed under lockdown after a local man was hospitalised with coronavirus-like symptoms.

The houses belong to the man hospitalised and his two brothers who all reside in the village.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer Razia Sultana announced the lockdown in Siali village last night, our local correspondent reports.

The 45-year-old man, who used to work at a garments factory in Dhaka, recently returned to village and was admitted to Bogura Mohammad Ali Hospital on March 29 with fever, cold and breathing complication, said the hospital's Resident Medical Officer Shafique Amin Kajol.

His samples were sent to Rajshahi Medical College for coronavirus test on April 1 but they are yet to inform any test result, he said.

UNO Razia said, "If the man is not infected with the disease, the lockdown will be lifted.In the mean time, the upazila administration will provide food items and essentials to the families".