DHAKA: The Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research (IEDCR) said no more infection from the coronavirus was reported in the country on Monday (March 9).

Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the IEDCR, made the development at a media briefing on the latest coronavirus situation at her office in the capital Mohakhali area at 12 noon.

As none of the country was infected with the coronavirus in last 24 hours, the number of the confirmed virus cases remained unchanged.

Meerjady Sabrina Flora also urged the Bangladeshis, returning from foreign countries, to be self-quarantined for 14 days to contain spread of coronavirus infections in the country.

On Sunday (March 8) , the IEDCR confirmed that three Bangladeshis were infected with coronavirus (COVID-19).

Of the coronavirus infected Bangladeshis, two have recently returned from Italy and are being treated at a hospital in the capital while a family member of one of the two is the third person affected with the virus.

Besides, in an outbreak of the coronavirus, the death toll worldwide reached 3,831 as 26 more died on Monday (March 9). Some 148 new cases of infection were confirmed, bringing the total to 110,098. Of them 62,302 were recovered.

BDST: 1338 HRS, MAR 09, 2020
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