Testing for COVID-19 is being conducted in nine facilities in Dhaka, including the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), and eight centres elsewhere in the country. Here’s a list of numbers that could come in handy in case of emergency:DHAKAIEDCR: 02-9898796, 10655, 01944333222, email: iedcrcovid19@gmail.comInstitute of Public Health: 02-8821361Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: 01769-016616Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University: 01866-637482Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital and Child Health Research Foundation: 02-481101179 am - 2 pm: 01880156639, 01701265193, 017555074652 pm - 7 pm: 01701265184, 01709958448, 01880156635International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b): 09666-771100Institute of Developing Science and Health Initiative and Health Services (ideSHi) - 01793-163304Dhaka National Institute of Laboratory Medicine: 02-913917Dhaka Medical College Hospital: 02-55165088OUTSIDE DHAKABangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Chattogram: 02-88075042, 02-88075043Rangpur Medical College: 0521-63388Rajshahi Medical College: 0721-772150Mymensingh Medical College: 01306497095, 01306497096Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital: 01700943274Khulna Medical College: 081-760350Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College: 0431-2173547, 01711352119Cox's Bazar Medical College: 01713160093, 01675233455, 01715282637, 01711860111OTHER HOTLINESDirectorate General of Health Services (DGHS): 16263National Call Centre: 333To report rumours or disinformation, dial: 999 or 9512264, 9514988For burial assistance, contact joint secretaries to the health ministry on: 01712080983 and 01552204208National helpline for violence against women and children: 109To provide information on suspected COVID-19 patients, visit: https://corona.gov.bd/affected

Source: bd News24 April 18, 2020 06:22 UTC