coronavirus
COVID-19: Ctg super shop staff quarantined after worker tests positive
A super shop in the city was shut and its owner and staff were sent on 14-day quarantine on Sunday after one of the employees tested positive for COVID-19.
The shop, ‘Basket’, was initially closed after the staffer’s father tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, the first case in the port city.
Nazimuddin, manager of the super shop, said though the employee was on leave from March 25, they closed down ‘Basket’ following the administration’s directive.
Sitakundu Upazila Nirbahi Officer Milton Roy said the owner and staff were sent on home quarantine.
Bangladesh on Sunday confirmed the detection of 18 new coronavirus patients, raising the total number of such cases in the country to 88.
It has so far reported nine deaths.
Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.
Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives
Americans braced for what the nation's top doctor warned Sunday would be "the hardest and saddest week" of their lives while Britain assumed the unwelcome mantle of deadliest coronavirus hot spot in Europe after a record 24-hour jump in deaths that surpassed even hard-hit Italy's.
Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 69,451
The global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 69,451 on Monday.
COVID-19, first reported in China in December, has so far infected 1,273,499 people around the world, according to worldometer.
Of them, 941,697 are currently being treated with 45,592 being in serious or critical condition.
The shadow of coronavirus on Bangladesh’s poor
Low-income people, especially slum dwellers, who have been left with no work amid the nationwide shutdown aimed at curbing the coronavirus were seen waiting at different intersections of the city on Sunday in the hope of getting food and relief materials.
Power, Energy Ministry donates Tk 16.64cr to PM’s relief fund
The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has contributed about Tk 16.64 crore to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund to deal with coronavirus pandemic.
BGMEA for keeping factories shut
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said they continue recommending closure of all factories as the general holiday has been extended until April 14.
Lockdown widened as coronavirus cases spike
A number of houses, places and villages have been put under lockdown afresh in different districts in a desperate move to prevent the transmission of coronavirus or COVID-19.
‘Take steps to protect inmates of juvenile correctional centres’
The Department of Social Services has been asked to take necessary measures to prevent the coronavirus transmission among the inmates of juvenile correctional centres.
US citizens’ home-going manifests strong Dhaka-Washington ties: Embassy
The US Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday said the voluntary return of the US citizens to their own country by the two chartered flights exemplifies the strong and enduring cooperation, people-to-people ties and friendship between Bangladesh and the United States.