6 IEDCR staff infected with corona, Flora at self-quarantine

A total of six staff of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) including four technologists have tested positive for coronavirus.

Among them, four staff are now undergoing treatment at National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) at Mohakhali in the city. 

Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of IEDCR, has tested negative for coronavirus, but she has gone into a 14-day self-quarantine.

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