Dhaka, June 15 -- In the wake of the emergence of a new COVID strain, health experts have urged the public to remain calm, emphasizing the need for increased awareness and precaution rather than panic.

Their appeal came amid growing public concern following the recent deaths of three individuals linked to the new variant of COVID, the first fatalities in Bangladesh in nearly a year and a half, BSS reports.

Meanwhile, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued 11 precautionary guidelines as one elderly patient passed away on June 5 while another on June 13 in Dhaka and another in Chattogram.

Public health experts have reassured the people that the newly emerging sub-variants of the coronavirus do not currently appear to po...