Photo: BigstockThe authorities of the district health office informed the boy’s family that he tested negative for the virus, but in a later phone call, they were told that he in fact tested positive for the virusThe coronavirus test result of a 12-year old boy has been declared positive after testing negative, from the same sample at the PCR Lab of Khanpur 300 Bed Hospital in Narayanganj. "On Sunday noon, the authorities made a phone call saying that my boy was Covid-19 negative. After a while, they phoned again and said he was Covid-19 positive," he said. "We are highly tensed about the matter and when contacted, the hospital authorities asked me to visit the hospital again on Monday to provide samples of my boy," added the father. Contacted, the residential medical officer(RMO) of the hospital, Shamuzzoha Sarker was found unavailable to comment on the matter.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 12, 2020 09:45 UTC