As for the prices of certain commodities that had increased, it was due to panic buying,” he said while speaking at a press conference at the ministry on Wednesday. “Therefore, there was nothing to go for panic buying,” he added. According to Worldometre on Wednesday, Covid-19, a new strain of coronavirus, has killed almost 7,800 people around the world. As of now, over 198,730 people have been infected by the strain, which spread from China’s Wuhan city at the end of December last year. File photo of Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneOn Tuesday, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said a total of 10 people have been infected with coronavirus in Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2020 06:45 UTC