A rumour has spread that Narayanganj Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy has died from coronavirus at a time when she requested the government to impose curfew in the city to prevent further spread of COVID-19.
Published : 05 Apr 2020, 11:31 PM
The rumour took social media by storm.
He withdrew the post after sometime and claimed in another post that his ID and page had been hacked by “miscreants”.
“Please don’t get misled. The news is not correct. The mayor has urged to lock Narayanganj down. She is fine,” he said.
The authorities have put three areas in Narayanganj on lockdown as it recorded a cluster of 11 coronavirus cases, including two deaths, until Sunday.
The city corporation said in a statement that Ivy, a doctor by training, fears the situation will spiral out of control if the authorities do not act on her advice to impose curfew.
In New York, at least 73 Bangladeshis have died from the coronavirus as the pandemic has hit the US hard with more than 300,000 known cases and over 9,000 deaths.