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First three coronavirus patients discharged: IEDCR

| Updated: March 15, 2020 14:52:08


IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora speaking at a regular media briefing in the city about the coronavirus situation in the country. — UNB IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora speaking at a regular media briefing in the city about the coronavirus situation in the country. — UNB

The first three coronavirus patients detected in Bangladesh have recovered and been discharged, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) announced Sunday.

IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the disclosure at a regular media briefing in Dhaka city on Sunday, UNB reported.

She said two new COVID-19 cases were detected in the country.

"We’ve so far tested samples from 231 patients. Samples from 20 people were tested in the past 24 hours. So far, we’ve detected coronavirus infection among five people. Two more people have been diagnosed with the disease," she said.

Mrs Flora She said both the newly-infected patients had come from Europe.

"One of the patients, a 29-year-old male travelled from Germany and the other, a male in his 40s, came from Italy. The latter has high blood pressure and other medical conditions. However, both of them are in stable condition," the IEDCR director said.

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