Bangladeshi education minister Dipu Moni has tested positive for the Covid-19.
“Results of the minister’s samples came positive on Sunday,” Dhaka Tribune quoted MA Khair, public relations officer of the education ministry, as saying.
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“The minister is now in isolation at her residence,” Khair added.
Earlier, former education minister and Awami League presidium member Nurul Islam Nahid also tested positive for Covid-19, the newspaper further reported.
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh increased to 479,743, the Johns Hopkins University and Medicine reported on Monday.
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