Three persons, including a woman, have been tested positive with novel coronavirus in Bangladesh.
One of the infected persons is a Bangladeshi expatriate, who came here from Italy, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) confirmed today in a press briefing.
Three more persons have been kept in quarantine on suspicion of coronavirus infection.
The coronavirus, believed to have originated late last year in a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that was illegally selling wildlife, has spread to different of China, as well as at least 100 countries across the globe.
News Source: Prothom Alo, Daily Star, Dhaka Tribune and Ittefaq