17, including 10 cops, test positive for coronavirus in Gopalganj

Seventeen people, including ten police personnel of the same station, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Gopalganj district.

The 10 policemen -- two assistant sub-inspectors and eight constables of Muksudpur Police Station -- tested positive for Covid-19 after they came in contact with a police constable who was earlier diagnosed with the virus, said Md Mahmudur Rahman, upazila health and family planning official in Muksudpur.

The infected police personnel have been placed in isolation at Muksudpur Degree College, said Nabo Kumar, a sub-inspector of the station.

Besides, three people tested positive for Covid-19 in Gopalganj Sadar upazila, three in Tungipara upazila, and one in Kotalipara upzila, said Niaz Mohammad, civil surgeon of the district.

"Samples have been collected from 220 persons in the district so far. We received test reports of 167 samples, of which 17 came positive for coronavirus," the civil surgeon said.