It has also opened an email address and Facebook group for the people to report suspected patients online. The IEDCR has collected specimens of 341 suspected patients so far, including 49 in the 24 hours to Wednesday noon, Flora said. We had planned backups for testing in labs outside the IEDCR and now we have updated the plans. Besides the 01944333222 phone hotline, the IEDCR opened an email address -iedcrcovid19@gmail.com - and a Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/IedcrCOVID-19-Control-Room-104339737849330 – for reporting suspected cases. The institute’s director also said they were developing a mobile phone app to contact the IEDCR for such cases.

Source: bd News24 March 18, 2020 17:37 UTC