BLRI starts coronavirus testing

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), a state-run national research organization under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, has started testing samples of people with coronavirus symptoms.

The livestock ministry said this in a press release on Saturday.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh rose to 131 after the country confirmed four more deaths on Friday.  

The country also recorded 503 cases of the deadly virus, taking the total to 4,689.

Bangladesh first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8.

COVID-19 first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year, and then spread to 210 countries and territories.