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No rumour over coronavirus will be tolerated: Maleque
DHAKA, Feb 19, 2020 (BSS) – Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid
Maleque today warned that no rumour over the coronavirus would be tolerated
in the country as a vested quarter is trying to spread rumour over the deadly
virus that broke out in Wuhan, China.
“A vested quarter is trying to spread rumour over the coronavirus in the
country. They are trying to spread rumour about consuming chicken, the mask
use and the people, who have recently returned home from abroad,” he told
reporters while visiting a newly-constructed building of the Directorate
General of Nursing and Midwifery (DGNM) in the city’s Mohakhali area.
Mentioning that the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is
giving updates and suggestions regularly on the coronavirus, Maleque said
people should not pay heed to any rumour over the virus and must follow the
DGHS’s suggestions to prevent the deadly virus.
Replying to a question, he said the government is fully prepared to
prevent coronavirus, while over 2 lakh passengers have so far been screened
for coronavirus at different ports of the country.
“A total of 72 suspected people, who returned home recently from abroad,
were examined but no one was found virus-infected. In any case, once anyone
is found infected with coronavirus, the health sector is ready to provide
treatment for him or her,” he said.
Noting that a good number of nurses are entering the country’s nursing
sector each year, the health minister said at present there are 376 nursing
institutes in the country.
“Around 20,000 nurses are joining the nursing services from these
institutes every year,” he added.
Health Education and Family Welfare Division Secretary Md Ali Noor and
DGNM director general Siddiqua Akhter, among others, accompanied the minister
during the visit.
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