The first case of the coronavirus infection was detected in Feni after test result of a man there came out positive on Thursday.
The victim, who used to work in a mobile phone company in Dhaka, is a resident of West Madhugram under Radhanagar union in Chagolnaiya upazila, reports a news agency.
Dr Sazzad Hossain, Feni Civil Surgeon, said the man returned to his village from Dhaka on March 25 with fever and cold.
On April 14, a medical team collected the sample of the man and sent it to BITID in Chattogram for test which confirmed about his infection, he said.
Deputy commissioner Mohamamd Wahiduzzaman said the man will be sent to the isolation unit of a local hospital and decision to put the whole village under lockdown might also be taken after considering the situation.
