BSMMU Professor Tests Coronavirus Positive

Professor Shahidullah Shikder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has tested positive for coronavirus.

BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Kanak Kanti Barua confirmed the matter.

“Shahidullah, chairman of skin department and a former Pro-VC, tested positive on Thursday,” he said.

Barua said that Shahidullah's department has been disinfected and that those who came in touch with him have been quarantined.

Some BSMMU doctors said that Shahidullah was on campus on Thursday and distributed masks to his colleagues.