“[Prof Barua] is in good health. He said English daily The New Age carried the report on its online version saying Prof Barua and members of his family caught COVID-19. The newspaper retracted the report later and apologised to Prof Barua, he added. The New Age also published another report later saying the VC’s Private Secretary Aminul Islam and members of Aminul’s family were infected with the virus. The lone medical university of Bangladesh is running coronavirus tests and providing telemedicine services amid the outbreak.

Source: bd News24 May 11, 2020 21:33 UTC