Local administration locked down five villages at Rajnagar upazila in Moulivibazar on Sunday night after a coronavirus patient died there.
Residents of Dola, Bhangarhat, Syednagar, Akua and Ganeshpur villages of the upazila have been put under isolation. The measure has been taken to prevent spread of the coronavirus.
Earlier, a 45-year-old shopkeeper, a resident of Akua village, died with symptoms of coronavirus on Saturday morning. On the same day, a rapid response team collected samples from the body and his family members and sent those to Dhaka for test.
On Sunday night, a virologist from Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) confirmed that the man tested positive for coronavirus, said Rajnagar Upazila Health Complex official Barnali Das. Later, the administration started miking to make villagers aware about coronavirus.