The laboratories conducted 19,054 tests on Dec 15, the highest since the first cases were detected in March, as crowds seeking COVID-19 tests at hospitals and other healthcare facilities are getting bigger by the day. As many as 140 labs, including 10 antigen test facilities, are testing samples from suspected coronavirus patients in Bangladesh now. Bangladesh conducted over 388,000 coronavirus tests in October, more than 435,000 in November and nearly 250,000 in the first 16 days of December. And hospitals now ask for coronavirus test results first before treating patients,” she said. In Dhaka, 12 government hospitals, 22 private hospitals and 22 private diagnostic centres test patients for coronavirus.

Source: bd News24 December 18, 2020 20:26 UTC