Home quarantine
Coronavirus: Singair municipality under lockdown
The local administration has put Singair municipality under lockdown after a man tested positive for coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Army warns of tough action from Thursday
Bangladesh Army on Wednesday said its members would resort to tough action from Thursday against people not maintaining social distancing and violating home quarantine rules to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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.
10 docs, 11 others quarantined in Cox’s Bazar
A total of 21 people -- 10 physicians, eight nurses and three conservancy workers -- were sent to home-quarantine in Sadar upazila on Tuesday as they came in contact with an elderly woman who was found to be infected with coronavirus.
Coronavirus: 555 Jashore overseas returnees quarantined in 24hr
Jashore’s district administration sent another 555 overseas returnees to home quarantine in the last 24 hours until Monday night to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Among them, 414 returnees are from the Sadar upazila alone, said Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Protiva Gharai.
So far, 1,108 overseas returnees have been home quarantined since March 10 in the district, she said, adding that 676 of them are in the sadar upazila.
Jashore Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Abu Shahin said nobody from the district has so far tested positive for coronavirus.
“The people in quarantine are under our supervision. They have our contact numbers, and we have theirs. Health workers are collecting information from them twice a day,” he said.
Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Kamruzzaman said they have been putting red flag at houses of overseas returnees in the upazila.
Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shafiul Arif on Saturday said 23,000 people have returned home from abroad in the last one month.
Committees have been formed at ward level with members of union parishads. "Llegal action will be taken if anyone disobeys the rules of home quarantine," he said.
Coronavirus: 17 among 860 Chowgachha returnees in home quarantine
Though 860 Bangladeshis returned from overseas in Chowgaccha upazila in last one month, only 17 people are under home quarantine.
After getting a list of returnees from Home Ministry, police are now looking for the rest.
Doctor Lutfunnahar, upazila health official, said 14 people have been home quarantined. Besides, the quarantine period of nine people is complete.
Besides, other overseas returnees who are staying with their families are hiding information.
Rifat Khan Rajib, officer-in-charge of Chowgaccha Police Station, said that they are searching for the returnees to ensure that they are quarantined.
More than 23,000 people have returned home in Jashore from different countries in last one month. Of them, only 332 returnees were sent to home quarantine.
Meanwhile, three more people were diagnosed with coronavirus on Sunday, taking the number of cases to 27 in the country.
116 more overseas returnees quarantined in Chattogram
Another 116 expatriates who returned from abroad were sent to home-quarantine on Sunday to prevent the transmission of coronavirus or COVID- 19.
Coronavirus: Expatriates fined for violating home quarantine rules
A number of expatriates were fined on Wednesday for breaching home quarantine rules in various districts including Kushtia, Tangail, Cumilla, Sunamganj, Moulvibazar, Madaripur and Chattogram.
Coronavirus: 4 DMCH doctors in home quarantine
Four doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) were sent to home quarantine after they handled a patient who was later confirmed as a coronavirus or Covid-19 patient.
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: Large onus on self-quarantine for recent arrivals
Amid growing number of self- or home-quarantined people who are coming from abroad, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Wednesday said that two of the three patients diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus, have almost recovered.