Mashrafe in stable condition and doing fine

There have been concerns over how Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is faring after he announced that he had contracted coronavirus. According to family sources, the cricketer's condition has not deteriorated since being tested positive. Later today, Mashrafe himself confirmed via a Facebook post that he is physically fine and taking reatment at home.

"For the time being I am in good condition. I am getting necessary treatment at home. I might need to go to the hospital do some tests but that's normal. It's baseless that there was issue with getting admitted to a hospital or not getting a room. Please do not be confused or agitated by news of any kind. Everyone please pray for me . We have to stay together and win this war," Mashrafe wrote on Facebook today.

Although Mashrafe has asthma problems, it has not flared after contracting coronavirus. His condition is stable and there maybe a routine checkup, family sources had confirmed before adding that Mashrafe is under the guidance of Dr ABM Abdullah, who is Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's personal physician.

"Bhai is stable and there is no problem. Prime Minister's personal physician is keeping track of his condition daily. A checkup is done when one contracts Covid-19 and Mashrafe bhai has been recommended an X-ray. It's nothing serious. He has asthma but there is no relation to this," Mashrafe's brother Morsalin Bin Mortaza told The Daily Star today.

When Dr Abdullah was contacted, he said: "I talked to him yesterday and he was doing well. I told him that he should only go to the hospital if he had breathing difficulties, otherwise, he should take treatment at home."

When Mashrafe spoke to The Daily Star correspondent yesterday, he had reiterated that he was doing well. "I am doing well and there is no problem. Pray for me," Mashrafe had said.