NARAYANGANJ: Ward councilor Maksudul Alam Khandaker Khorshed, who has helped complete the funerals of many Covid-19 victims, has now tested positive for the virus.

The councilor of Ward 13 in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) has been diagnosed with coronavirus on Saturday (May 30).

His wife is undergoing treatment in isolation after being diagnosed with coronavirus earlier.

Khorshed told Banglanews that as of Friday, he helped bury of 61 people who had succumbed to the virus or with similar symptoms.

“As I have now tested positive for the disease, I will undergo treatment at home isolation,” he said.

"Even if I am infected, all my activities will continue. My team will remain active and also my phone. I will not move away from the fight against coronavirus as long as I am alive,” Khorshed added.

When families and relatives are scared to go near the body of the dead, councilor Khorshed has arranged for all measures to perform the last rites of anyone dying from Covid-19, irrespective of their religion.

BDST: 2010 HRS, MAY 30, 2020
SMS