- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Pramod Thomas
BANGLADESH has reported its first prison case of COVID-19 after a guard at Dhaka central jail tested positive for the coronavirus.
Mohammad Yasin, 28, is the first COVID-19 patient in a jail in the country, reported New Age daily.
Yasin performed his duties at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), one of the country’s most crowded hospitals in the capital.
Yasin might have contracted the virus at DMCH, where he was guarding prison inmates, the report said.
All four of Yasin’s roommates have been sent to home quarantine.
According to government data, the country’s 68 prisons house around 90,000 inmates, more than double the overall capacity, with nearly 10,000 at the central jail.
Media reports reveal that dozens of prisoners have already been quarantined with coronavirus symptoms.
Bangladesh reported 3,772 COVID-19 cases with 120 deaths, and 92 recoveries.
