Three more Tabligh Jamaat members infected with coronavirus in Manikganj

Three more members of Tabligh Jamaat in Singair upazila of Manikganj have tested positive with coronavirus, two days after local administration locked down Singair municipality as a Tabligh Jamaat man was identified as Covid-19 positive.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) confirmed the cases, said Dr Anwarul Amin Akhand, civil surgeon of Manikganj.

He said IEDCR on Saturday collected the samples of 28 people including some Tabligh Jamaat members who came in contact with a Covid-19 infected Tabligh man.

Of them, IEDCR conducted tests on 11 samples and found three to be positive, said the civil surgeon. Test results of the rest would be revealed this afternoon.