COVID19
Bangladesh: COVID-19 positive Jail superintendent dies
Dhaka: A senior jail superintendent of the Department of Prisons, who had recently tested COVID-19 positive, passed away in Bangladesh Bangladesh capital city Dhaka on Sunday, media reports said.
He has been identified as Md Abu Jahed (58).
Md Abu Jahed (58), a senior jail super of Mymensingh Central Jail, breathed his last around 12:45pm today while undergoing treatment at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka, Md Amirul Islam, assistant inspector general of the Department of Prisons headquarters, told The Daily Star.
After showing some symptoms, Jahed first gave samples for Covid-19 at a Mymensingh hospital on July 5 but the result came back negative. He gave the sample again on July 7 and was again found to be negative, said the official.
But Jahed was suffering from actuate breathing problems and was transferred to Central Police Hospital in Dhaka on July 11 and was tested for Covid-19 again -- this time the report came positive, reported the newspaper.
He is the first death reported in the Department of Prisons.
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