Health Minister Zahid Maleque told bdnews24.com about the decision on Monday when the number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh in the daily count remained around 3,000 with 30 deaths. The health minister said he did not consider the daily briefing necessary anymore since the situation has “improved”. The government will issue press releases instead of the briefing and the new system will be launched within a couple of days, according to the minister. Bangladesh launched the daily briefing on Feb 8 when the pandemic began in China and spread to Europe. The then director general of health services, Abul Kalam Azad, also appeared some times while Zahid joined from home.

Source: bd News24 August 10, 2020 18:33 UTC