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Coronavirus Home Quarantine: How to keep the Elderly People Engaged
On a typical day, some elderly people love to go for an evening-walk; some enjoy meeting their same-aged friends in a cafe or tea stall; some visit the local library; while some senior citizens travel across the town to manage the perfect seed for their garden. The home quarantine prohibits them from doing their favorite activities. Unlike youngsters, old people have limited options for recreation during the home quarantine. Read this article to know some tricks about how to keep the Elderly People Engaged during the Coronavirus quarantine period.
BAATWF urges govt, affluent people to provide food, essentials to auto-rickshaw workers
Bangladesh Autorickshaw-Autotempo Transport Workers Federation (BAATWF) urged the government, transport owners and affluent people to provide food and other essentials to the transport workers who have become jobless due to, the current situation created over coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Postal Directorate delivering PPE, testing kits free of charge
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Sunday said the Directorate of Posts has been carrying personal protective equipment (PPE), coronavirus testing kits and awareness leaflets to all 64 districts free of charge.
Iran's president says economy is a factor in virus response
Iran's president on Sunday lashed out at criticism of its lagging response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, saying the government has to weigh economic concerns as it takes measures to contain the pandemic.
6 held for spreading rumours over coronavirus in city
Police arrested six people from different parts of the city for spreading rumours over coronavirus trough distributing leaflets on Saturday night.
The arrestees are Awkat Hossain, 53, Ferdous Hasan Titu, 25, Tauhidul Islam, 25, Muslim Uddin, 23, Mafizul Islam, 20 and Farid Hossain, 53.
Tipped off, a team of DMP conducted a drive in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital iand arrested a man while distributing leaflets inscribing ‘Coronavirus is not a cause of fear for Muslims rather it is a punishment for the kafirs’, said senior assistant commissioner of Ramna zone SM Shamim.
After interrogation, police arrested five others from Mouchak area with the same leaflets, he said.
Two separate cases were filed in this connection.
Police also seized a pick-up van from their possession.
The gang was involved in distributing leaflets using 32 pick-up vans in different parts of the city, said SM Shamim.
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Kushtia baby of isolation unit tests negative for coronavirus
A seven-month-old baby, who was at the isolation ward of Kuahtia 250-bed General Hospital, tested negative for coronavirus and returned home on Sunday with its parents.
Civil Surgeon HM Anwarul Islam said the baby tested negative for coronavirus and the baby is now doing well.
Earlier on Friday, a technologist of IEDCR collected samples from two people including that of the baby and both tested negative for coronavirus, said Anwarul Islam.
The hospital authorities discharged the two from the hospital.
Tapash Kumar Sarkar, resident medical officer of Kushtia General Hospital, said a couple from Kalishankarpur in the district town brought the baby to the hospital with fever and cough on March 23.
As the baby’s condition was deteriorating at the hospital, the authorities concerned interrogated the couple.
After interrogation, they came to know that baby’s father returned home from Singapore on March 9.
Later, the baby was kept at the isolation ward of the hospital on Thursday last suspecting it coronavirus patient.
US citizens returning from Bangladesh voluntarily: Spokesperson
The United States has said the voluntary return of the US citizens from Bangladesh is not a unique case as US citizens from other countries are also returning to the USA based on their personal choices.
"It's not just happening in Bangladesh. This is not unique for Bangladesh," a spokesperson at the US Embassy in Dhaka said on Sunday.
The spokesperson said this is a temporary measure and the US citizens will be returning to Bangladesh again once the situation improves globally.
The spokesperson, however, said the US Embassy in Dhaka will remain open.
The US Department of State and US Embassy in Dhaka have arranged a special chartered flight for US citizens and their families.
The special flight will be departing from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday.
Responding to a question, the spokesperson said there is no exact number of US returnees but the aircraft will be full.
This flight will include a Dhaka to Doha, Qatar leg and an onward connecting flight to Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C., said the US Embassy in Dhaka. Passengers will remain on the airplane in Doha.
The Embassy spokesperson, however, did not give any idea about the size of the commercial aircraft.
All passengers must agree to reimburse the US government for the flight by signing a promissory note for approximately the amount of a full-fare economy flight, or comparable alternate transportation, to the designated destination that would have been charged immediately prior to this crisis, said the Embassy.
This form must be signed and presented before boarding. No cash or credit card payments will be accepted at the airport.
"You’ll be responsible for any arrangements or costs (lodging, onward destination or local transportation, etc.) beyond Washington, D.C. The U.S. Embassy is unable to book any onward travel for you. The exact departure time and routing of this chartered flight are subject to change," said the Embassy.
Asked why US is shifting its citizens to the USA despite a vulnerable situation there, the Embassy spokesperson said it is true that the US is hit very hard but everybody has one’s own decision to take.
18 houses under lockdown in Kurigram
Local administration has put 18 houses under lockdown in Phulbari upazila of the district to tackle the spread of coronavirus in the area.
Besides, the authorities also kept the houses of 48 overseas returnees under surveillance.
Rajib Kumar, officer-in-charge of Phulbari Police Station, said 70 people arrived here from abroad and the capital in the last several days and their houses have been kept under surveillance.
“Of the 70 people two of came from India. Already the local administration has put 18 houses under loc down and hoisted red flag on the top of their houses, he said.
Dr Mohammad Raju Mia, Resident Medical Officer of Phulbari Upazila Health Complex, said some of them were asked to stay in home quarantine while eight others were kept at the isolation unit of the hospital.
Bangladesh has so far confirmed 48 COVID-19 cases and five deaths.