Test tube with Coronavirus name label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020 Reuters2,314 persons under home quarantine at presentThe Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has said 10 people, including two identified coronavirus patients, have been kept in isolation at hospitals in the country over the ongoing global coronavirus outbreak. IEDCR Director Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the announcement at a press briefing at IEDCR headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday. At the same time, she also informed 2,314 people across the country have been put under home quarantine for coronavirus. Those who came from areas not affected by coronavirus were given allowed for home quarantine,” Dr Flora said. Apart from that, 72 more Bangladeshis returned from Italy on Saturday evening and 48 Bangladeshis returned on early hours of Sunday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 15, 2020 07:41 UTC