Dhaka, April 4 -- Now 19 people, including unsuspecting doctors and a policeman who came into close contact with the patient, have been quarantined.

Several buildings of the patient's relatives have also been locked down.

His daughter's husband works in Saudi Arabia, from where the two women returned home on Mar 12 after performing Umrah.

The mother-in-law went to her home in Satkania from the airport after a brief stay at the patient's home at the port city's Dampara.

Chawkbazar Police Station OC Nizam Uddin told bdnews24.com on Saturday that a sub-inspector visited the house last Thursday after neighbours complained that the family were not following quarantine rules for overseas returnees and their close contacts.

"The Saudi retur...