The local administration in Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram district has put 20 houses under lockdown as a septuagenarian man tested positive for coronavirus there on Tuesday.
Civil Surgeon Sheikh Gazle Rabbi said the 70-year-old man was diagnosed with coronavirus on Tuesday night and he was sent to the Chittagong General Hospital early Wednesday.
The man was admitted to a hospital in the port city as he was suffering from fever and cold. He returned home on Tuesday evening after treatment at the CCU unit, said Upazila Nirbahi Officer Asia Khatun.
As his test result came out positive, the local administration put the house of the victim and 19 adjacent ones in Sarwartali area under lockdown, according to a news agency report Wednesday.
The CCU unit of Max Hospital and its staff who came in contact with the patient have also been sent to home-quarantine, the UNO said.
