Bangladeshi ‘infected with coronavirus’ in Italy


FE Team | Published: March 04, 2020 15:57:16 | Updated: March 05, 2020 10:17:21


A woman wearing a protective face mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus waits for a train at the Garibaldi subway station in Milan, Italy, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

A Bangladeshi national has been infected with coronavirus or Covid-19 in Italy, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Wednesday.

The Bangladeshi was tested coronavirus positive in Milan city, IEDCR Principal Scientific Officer ASM Alamgir said, UNB reported.

Earlier, five Bangladesh citizens were infected with coronavirus in Singapore while another one was diagnosed with Covid-19 in the UAE.

A new virus first detected in China has infected more than 93,524 people globally and caused 3,204 deaths.

The World Health Organization has named the illness Covid-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

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