The government has urged Bangladeshis returning from six countries -- China, Italy, South Korea, Singapore, Iran and Thailand -- to be self-quarantined for 14 days in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“Bangladeshis returning from these six countries have been urged to stay in self-isolation at their respective homes if they’ve no symptom of fever,” Mohammad Shahriar Sazzad, health officer at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said on Sunday, reports UNB.
"But if anyone is found to have 100 degrees Fahrenheit during health checkup at airport, he/she will be kept at the quarantine centre at Kuwait Maitree Hospital,” the health officer added.
Passengers arriving from these six countries are being screened through thermal scanners at the airport, he said, adding that they are provided with health declaration forms where they give health-related information.
Three coronavirus infected patients have been detected in Bangladesh, said Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), on Sunday.
She came up with the information at a press briefing at IEDCR.
Coronavirus, which was first reported in China’s Wuhan, has infected more than 100,000 people and killed over 3,400.
