31 under home quarantine in Jashore in 24 hrs

Thirty-one suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) patients were kept under home quarantine in 24 hours until Thursday night in the district.

Civil surgeon Sheikh Abu Shahin said one of them was home quarantined in Abhaynagar, two in Chaugachha, 18 in Sadar, two in Keshabpur and eight in Manirampur upazila.

So far, no COVID-19 infected patient was detected in the district and a total of 1,415 people were released from quarantine, he said.

“The returnees from the foreign countries are kept in quarantine and action will be taken if they defy the government directives,” he added.

Bangladesh on Friday announced the detection of five new novel coronavirus patients, raising the number of such cases in the country to 61.

The global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 53,190 on Friday.