One Cumilla village goes under lockdown after man tests positive for COVID-19

Local administration put Biramkadi village in Titas upazila of Cumilla district under lockdown as a resident of the village tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday.

Rasheda Akter, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Titas upazila, said the man, aged about 48, has been suffering from fever and cold for four days and he recently came home from Dhaka, reports UNB.

On information, a medical team collected his samples as per the directives of the local administration and sent those for test.

He was found infected with the virus in the report on Thursday, said Civil Surgeon Dr Niatuzzaman.

Now he will receive treatment from his home and will be sent to isolation after considering his physical condition, he said.

Later, the local administration put the whole village under lockdown.