Two youths who had been suffering from fever and cold in separate upazilas of Rangamati district died on Thursday, reports UNB.
The deceased were identified as Thuisasing Marma, 21, of Rajasthali upazila and Imam Uddin, 18, of Baghaichhari upazila.
Rajasthali Hospital’s health and family planning officer Ruhla Ong Marma said Thuisaising, a readymade garment worker in Chattogram, came to his village home at Bangalhalia 12 days ago.
The man was admitted to the hospital with fever, cold and respiratory problems, said Iftekhar Ahmed, health officer of the Upazila Health Complex.
He died on Thursday night. On information, a medical team collected samples of the deceased and sent those to Chattogram for tests on Friday morning.
In another incident, when 18-year-old Imam, of Baghaichhari upazila went to the Upazila Health Complex on Wednesday with fever he was sent to Faujdarhat in Chattogram for coronavirus infection tests.
After the tests he was taken to the isolation unit of the health complex. As his condition turned critical, he was being taken to Chattogram by an ambulance on Thursday night but died on way.
The local administrations put the houses of the two deceased and their neighbours under lockdown.
It also asked two private clinics and diagnostic centres to suspend their operation until further notice.