Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin has tested positive for coronavirus. 

He will soon be admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), said sources at the ministry on Wednesday.

Dipankor Bor, senior information officer at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said: “After experiencing Covid-19 like symptoms, the minister submitted his sample for testing at ICDDRB on Tuesday. The result came positive on Wednesday noon.”

As per direction of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Minister Shahab Uddin is being admitted to CMH, he said.

The minister also urged countrymen to pray for his quick recovery, Dipankor added.

Several members of the cabinet, members of the parliament and secretaries have tested positive for coronavirus previously. 

BNP lawmaker Rumeen Farhana today on her Facebook wall said she also tested positive for the virus. 

BDST: 1902 HRS, AUG 12, 2020
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