Staff Reporter: A total of 312 Bangladeshis returned to Dhaka from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city Wuhan, today (Saturday) noon, and eight of them were sent to Kurmitola General Hospital.
The eight returnees were running high temperature and were sent to the hospital, Alamgir Hossain, senior scientific officer at the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said to journalists.
Rest of the returnees were taken to Ashkona Hajj Camp directly in a special bus, said IEDCR Director Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora.
A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying them reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dr Zahirul Islam, a physician at the airport, confirmed to journalists.
The special flight headed for Wuhan from Dhaka around 5:30pm yesterday.
Four doctors — three from Bangladesh Army and one from the airport health department – accompanied the cabin crew.
The returnees would be kept quarantined for 14 days in the rooms on the second floor of Ashkona Hajj Camp.
Bangladesh Army will supervise the camp during the quarantine period, Health Minister Dr Zahid Maleque told journalists on Friday.
