Hasan tests COVID-19 positive

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has been tested positive again for COVID-19.

Director of Public Relations Department of the ministry Mir Akram Uddin Ahmed confirmed the news on Tuesday night.

The minister went to Panchagarh to distribute relief goods and financial assistance among the family members of boat capsize victims on behalf of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He felt sick at the ministry office after returning from Panchagarh. Later, physicians at the Secretariat Clinic advised the minister to go for COVID-19 test. As per the advice, he went for a test under the facility of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) and he was tested positive again, he said.

Earlier, the minister had tested positive for COVID-19 two times.

Currently, he is staying at his official residence at Minto Road in the city.

He has sought doa from the countrymen for his early recovery.