The 20 others who came into close contact with the infected person include members of its reporting, camera, production and editorial teams. Munni said the infected reporter returned home after training abroad on Mar 21 and went into quarantine for 15 days at home. Later, the government’s disease control agency conducted test and confirmed the reporter contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Munni said. The infected person was doing well despite the infection, she said and added the COVID-19 patient did not need hospitalisation. The ATN News reporter is the fifth media worker in Bangladesh to have contracted the virus.

Source: bd News24 April 12, 2020 23:37 UTC