Dhaka, July 14 -- Bangladesh enacted an act on infectious diseases named Infectious Diseases (Prevention, control and Eradication) Act, 2018.The acthas total 35 sections. This Act extended in whole Bangladesh (section- 1). According to this Act, 'Director General' means the Director General of the Department of Health (Section- 2). The act enacted in November 2018 has a list of 23 infectious diseases and also states that any emerging or remergingdiseases declared by the government by notification in the official Gazette shall be covered under Infectious Diseases (Prevention, control and Eradication) Act, 2018 (Section - 4 ). There is certain responsibilities and function of the department. Such as:

1. To takemeasuresto make the people co...