Chattogram MP Moslem Uddin, 9 family members test positive for Covid-19

Moslem Uddin Chowdhury, lawmaker of Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgao), and nine of his family members tested positive for coronavirus.

Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, civil surgeon of Chattogram, told The Daily Star that the lawmaker and his family members were diagnosed yesterday.

Apart from Moslem, who is also president of Awami League Chattogram district (south), his wife, two daughters, son-in-law, three grandsons and two domestic help have tested positive, reports our Chattogram correspondent.

SM Borhan Uddin, president of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Chattogram district (south), told The Daily Star today that all the family members set off for Dhaka to access better treatment.

He, however, could not say which hospital they are going to be admitted at.