Woman dies with Covid-19 like symptoms in Brahmanbaria

Suffering for 10 days with Covid-19 like symptoms, a 35-year old woman died in Brahmanbaria town this morning.

The woman was referred to Dhaka when she was rushed to Brahmanbaria General Hospital on March 31 with high fever, cold, cough and breathing problem, our district correspondent reports quoting Dr Sakhawat Hossain, health officer of Sadar upazila.

However, the patient's family decided to take her home at Kautoli area of the town and she was being treated there, the doctor said. 

She died around 7:00am today, he said.

"We have collected her sample for coronavirus test and preparing for her burial according to the IEDCR guidelines," Dr Sakhawat said.