Prof Muntasir Mamun’s condition improves

Staff Correspondent

Noted historian Prof Muntasir Mamun, who was hospitalised with Covid-19, has been shifted from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the cabin at Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka.

Prof Monilal Aich Litu, president of the hospital's Covid-19 dedicated doctors' committee, said they have shifted Prof Mamun to the cabin as his condition is stable now.

A a six-member medical board was formed yesterday for his treatment following the prime minister's directives.

Prof Monilal said the PM has been inquiring about Prof Mamun's condition. Her office requested to form a board on Monday evening, he added.

The 69-year-old Dhaka University professor was admitted to the hospital on Sunday evening with Covid-19 symptoms.

He tested positive on Monday. After his health deteriorated, the professor was shifted to the ICU.

Family sources said test sample from Prof Mamun was collected 10 days ago, as he came in touch with his mother, who had earlier tested positive for the virus.