The government has granted permission to three private hospitals in Dhaka to COVID-19 tests amid a surge in cases and deaths in Bangladesh.
Evercare, Square and United are the latest private hospitals to be given the greenlight after US-Bangla Medical College Hospital, which began testing samples on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.
DGHS Additional Director General Nasima Sultana said the three hospitals in Dhaka are only allowed to test those of patients, who are already admitted there.
However, US-Bangla Medical College can examine samples of those patients who are not admitted there.
"It must be noted that the three hospitals can only test the samples of inpatients for COVID-19. We haven't yet given them permission to test samples of outpatients as it could cause problems with the follow-ups," Nasima Sultana said.
Bangladesh registered eight more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours to 8am Wednesday, bringing the body count to 163.
The tally of COVID-19 infections surged to 7,103 after another 641 people, in a single-day record jump, tested positive in the same period, Nasima said on Wednesday.
