First coronavirus case detected in Khagrachhari

Khagrachhari district confirmed its first coronavirus case on Wednesday, reports UNB.

The patient Ershad Chakma, 35, of Dighinala upazila is a readymade garment worker.

He returned to his native Kamukkachhara village in the upazila with his family from Narayanganj on 18 April, said civil surgeon Nupur Kanti Das.

"He's the first confirmed case in the district," Das said.

Chattogram Medical College Hospital tested his sample and confirmed his infection, the civil surgeon said.

The youth has been kept in institutional quarantine at a local primary school since his return, she added.

Local administration has put the school under lockdown, the doctor said.