File photo of Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and his wife Shirin Parveen Huq Collected from FacebookThe Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder, who tested positive last week, is still suffering from cough and breathing problemGonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) Founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury’s wife and son have also tested positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Zafrullah on Monday told Dhaka Tribune that his wife Shirin Parveen Huq and son Bareesh Hasan Chowdhury were tested with the GR Covid-19 Dot Blot, a rapid testing kit recently developed by GK, at GK’s laboratory, and both tested positive. On Sunday, they also tested positive for Covid-19 through the RT-PCR test at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Zafrullah himself was diagnosed with Covid-19 on May 25, after he also got tested with the GK’s rapid testing kit. Four days later, a RT-PCR test at BSMMU also found him positive for Covid-19.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 01, 2020 07:07 UTC