File photo: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni Focus BanglaThe minister tested positive for Covid-19 on December 6Education Minister Dipu Moni has tested negative for Covid-19. Results of the minister's samples came negative for the second time on Sunday. Her brother Chandpur Awami League Vice President Dr JR Wadud Tipu confirmed the matter. Also read - Education Minister Dipu Moni tests Covid-19 positiveOn December 6, the education minister tested positive for Covid-19. Covid-19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus strain which was later named Sars-CoV-2, has claimed 7,280 lives and infected 500,713 people in Bangladesh as of Sunday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 21, 2020 06:00 UTC