Kishoreganj physician recovers from coronavirus

A physician of Karimganj health complex in Kishoreganj, who was infected with coronavirus, was discharged from the hospital on Monday afternoon after his recovery from COVID-19, reports UNB.

Civil surgeon Mohammad Mujibur Rahman said the physician named Arif Ahmed Jony was released from Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College Hospital around 2:00pm.

The physician tested positive for coronavirus on 13 April.

He was taken to the isolation ward of Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College Hospital on 15 April.

Arif was discharged from the hospital after he tested negative for coronavirus twice while staying at the hospital.

Earlier, a former member of Itna sadar union parishad, Abdur Rashid, recovered from the coronavirus as the first patient in the district.

A total of 179 people have so far diagnosed with COVID-19 in the district.