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No new dengue case reported in last 4 days
No new dengue case was reported in the last four days till 8am on Saturday, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
According to the daily update from DGHS, one patient is treated at hospitals in the capital.
Since the beginning of this year, 291 dengue cases were reported. Of them, 290 had been discharged from hospitals.
Bangladesh experienced a massive dengue outbreak last year when 101,354 people were hospitalised. Of them, 101,037 made full recovery.
According to official figures, the mosquito-borne disease killed 179 people in 2019.
BLRI starts coronavirus testing
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) has started collecting samples from people for COVID-19 test at its laboratory on Saturday.
Gonoshasthaya testing kits yet to be handed over to govt
Gonoshasthaya Kendra is yet to hand over its coronavirus testing kits to the government formally as the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) reportedly suggested them to send those to its office.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports nine more deaths, 309 new cases
Deaths from Coronavirus continue to soar in Bangladesh as it reported nine more deaths in the last 24 hours until Saturday, raising the death toll to 140.
“In the last 24 hours, 309 more people tested positive for coronavirus in the country. Now the number of confirmed cases stands at 4998,” said Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana at the daily health bulletin broadcast from Mohakhali.
"In the last 24 hours, 3,337 samples were tested and 309 additional patients have been detected," she said.
Dhaka’s air worst again in Air Quality Index
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning.
Fled from Dhaka, coronavirus-infected couple held in Rajbari
A young couple who tested positive for coronavirus in Dhaka was detained in Rajbari on Friday afternoon when they were travelling towards their village home in Kushtia.
Don’t ask workers to return to Dhaka until further decision: BGMEA
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has directed all of its members not to ask their workers, who are currently at their respective villages, to return to Dhaka until a concrete decision is taken about reopening factories.
Grameen Shakti providing food support to 1,750 rural families
Grameen Shakti has been providing food support to 1,750 underprivileged families in 10 districts of the country as part of its social and humanitarian responsibilities during the coronavirus pandemic.
Public transport shutdown extended further
In line with the extended general holidays, public transport services will also remain suspended across the country until May 5 in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus that has taken a dangerous turn in the country.
Mosques almost empty as Muslims offer Zohr instead of Jum’a
Muslims in the capital offered their Zohr prayers at their homes instead of Jum'a at mosques on Friday considering the current coronavirus situation.