Coronavirus-infected vice-chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University Prof Dr Harun-Or-Rashid and his wife Kanika Mahfuz are being airlifted to Dhaka for better treatment.
“A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force left Patuakhali for Dhaka with them in the morning,” said a press release from Inter-Services Public Relation (ISPR).
Earlier on Saturday night, Chittagong University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Shirin Akhter, five family members and two caretakers of her residence were diagnosed with Covid-19.
The CU VC was admitted to Chattogram Combined Military Hospital on Sunday for better treatment.
Bangladesh has so far reported 186,894 coronavirus cases and 2,391 deaths.
(Source: UNB)
