Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia tests positive for COVID-19
Dhaka Tribune reported that one of Zia s relatives, who had met her last week, had later tested positive for the coronavirus.
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DHAKA: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, a year after she was released from jail temporarily amidst the pandemic, according to media reports.
The 75-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief s samples were sent to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, for testing on Saturday, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper quoted Public Relations Officer, Health Ministry, Maidul Islam Prodhan as saying.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (07
th April) asked the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and MP Nursing Home Association members to desist from exploiting the coronavirus situation by overcharging the affected persons in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic.
The Bench of
Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sanjay Dwivedi was hearing two Interlocutory Applications filed by the amicus curiae in WP-8914-2020 seeking appropriate directions in view of the second wave of COVID-19.
The Amicus curiae submitted before the Court that the District Administration, Jabalpur had orally directed all the private labs and hospitals to stop conducting COVID-19 tests from 25
The positivity rate rose to 11.28 per cent during the week ending on April 4 compared to 9.69pc between March 22 and March 28. AFP
ISLAMABAD: While 714 more people were found infected in the federal capital, the positivity rate rose to 11.28 per cent during the week ending on April 4 compared to 9.69pc between March 22 and March 28.
District Health Officer Dr Zeem Zia said there has been a continuous increase in the weekly positivity rate for the last 10 weeks.
According to a graph, in the first week of February the positivity rate was just 1.57pc but then it gradually started increasing and reached 4.1pc in the first week of March. In the second week of the month, it was 5.03pc and the following week it jumped to 8.71pc. Last week, it further increased to 11.28pc.
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The Ministry of Religious Affairs has prohibited Sehri and Iftar at mosques in Ramadan in an effort to contain the surging coronavirus infection. );
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The ministry in a notice on Monday also issued instructions on praying in congregations at mosques following the health rules put in place by the government.
To rein in an abnormal rise in the number of coronavirus infections and deaths across Bangladesh, the Prime Minister s Office has issued an 18-point instruction and the Cabinet Division provided several lockdown directives effective from Monday.
The ministry mandated the conditions mentioned below for all who visit mosques to pray in congregation: