Photo: BigstockThe journalist shared the information through a Facebook post and moved to an institutional isolation centre maintaining all protocolsThe Chittagong correspondent of news agency United News of Bangladesh (UNB) has tested positive for Covid-19. The journalist shared the information through a post on his Facebook profile on Wednesday. Including the UNB journalist, 90 media persons were confirmed Covid-19 positive across the country till Wednesday — with 71 of them based in Dhaka. The death of one journalist has so far been confirmed from Covid-19, while 14 other journalists have made full recoveries. As of Tuesday afternoon, health authorities in Bangladesh have recorded 16,660 Covid-19 cases and 250 deaths from the disease.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 13, 2020 07:07 UTC