3 physicians among 18 in home quarantine

Eighteen people, including three physicians of National Hospital in Chattogram's Mehedibagh, were sent on home quarantine on Saturday, reports UNB.

Civil surgeon Sheikh Fazle Rabbi said a patient who tested positive in the city stayed at the hospital when the physicians came in contact.

On Friday, a 60-year-old man in the city tested positive for coronavirus.

Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) in Chattogram started testing coronavirus besides the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

Bangladesh on Saturday reported nine new coronavirus cases and two deaths.

So far, the country has confirmed 70 cases and eight deaths.