C T Online Desk: Bushra Afreen, the newly appointed Chief Heat Officer (CHO) of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), has been infected with the coronavirus.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Public Relations Officer Mokbul Hossain confirmed this to The Daily Star.
“She has been infected with corona after testing samples on Friday. She is currently staying in home isolation with mild symptoms,” he said.
Bushra Afreen, the daughter of DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam, has been appointed DNCC’s first-ever CHO.
She was appointed for the CHO post of DNCC on behalf of the US-based Adrienne Arshot-Rock Feller Foundation Resilience Center (Arshot-Rock).
Her role is to lead efforts to make the city safer in the face of extreme heat and to unify the city’s planning and responses to extreme heat, particularly for the most vulnerable neighbourhoods and people. This appointment is the first of its kind in Asia.
