AL MP Shahiduzzaman diagnosed with coronavirus

Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker, the ruling Awami League member of parliament from Naogaon-2, has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the country’s first lawmaker to have contracted the virus.

AL whip in parliament Md Atiur Rahman Atik confirmed this to Prothom Alo on Friday night.

Shahiduzzaman, who caught fever on Wednesday, was tested positive on Friday, he said.

65-year-old Shahiduzzaman has now been kept in isolation at his apartment in NAM Bhaban. He is in regular contact with physicians.

An MP said Shahiduzzaman did not have any coronavirus symptoms other than fever.