Mirzapur upazila chairman among 7 contracts coronavirus
Seven more people, including Tangail's Mirzapur upazila chairman, contracted coronavirus on Saturday, taking the number of the virus cases in the upazila to 45.
One of the infected person is the upazila parishad chairman and the upazila unit Awami League vice-president freedom fighter Mir Enayet Hossain Montu.
The upazila health and family planning officer Dr Maksuda Khanam confirmed the matter this afternoon.
A medical team of the upazila health department have collected samples from some people as they have coronavirus-like symptoms and sent to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR) in Dhaka for test, Dr Maksuda said.
The reports which came on Saturday found seven positive for the virus while others negative, she added.
Meanwhile, Mirzapur UNO Md Abdul Malek said the infected persons were kept under isolation at their respective homes.
However, the upazila administration put their and nearby 10 nearby houses under lockdown, he added.
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