The third patient, who was found positive with coronavirus infection, has now been shown to be negative in new test.

IEDCR Director Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora revealed the information while speaking at a press briefing at the IEDCR auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday.

With this, all of the three people, who were confirmed as coronavirus patients in the country, tested negative.

“The patient will be released if a second test shows negative results as well,” she said, adding: “He will undergo the second test after 24-hours.”

However, no new coronavirus patients have been identified through the 24 sample tests carried out at IEDCR in last 24 hours.

“We have tested samples taken from 24 people in the past 24 hours. The results were negative,” she said.

She said that nobody among the 142 Italy returnees is showing symptoms of infection.

“This morning, 142 Bangladeshis have arrived from Venice Airport of Veneto Region in Italy. Initially, they have been tested and none of them is showing any symptom of coronavirus,” she said.

Dr Flora mentioned that the returnees have been sent to the Ashkona Hajj Camp for quarantine.

She also emphasised that IEDCR discourages all sorts of travel from abroad to Bangladesh.

“We’ve been repeatedly discouraging everyone from travelling to Bangladesh under current situation. We’ve been in talks with the Foreign Ministry. The Health Ministry also advises to stop the practice,” said Dr Flora.