UNB, Dhaka :
Ignoring the risks of spreading coronavirus and government request of staying in home-quarantine amid the global outbreak of the deadly virus, most foreign-returnees in different parts of the country are reportedly roaming in their respective areas meeting relatives well before completing their 14-day quarantine period.
A total of 2,314 people are in home-quarantine countrywide as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, said Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), on Sunday.
Visiting different areas of Natore upazila headquarters, the UNB correspondent found some of the returnees are going to markets and roaming in the town as they are not serious about keeping themselves in isolation.
Local people said Abdul Awal, Chan Mia and Ershad of
Ignoring the risks of spreading coronavirus and government request of staying in home-quarantine amid the global outbreak of the deadly virus, most foreign-returnees in different parts of the country are reportedly roaming in their respective areas meeting relatives well before completing their 14-day quarantine period.
A total of 2,314 people are in home-quarantine countrywide as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, said Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), on Sunday.
Visiting different areas of Natore upazila headquarters, the UNB correspondent found some of the returnees are going to markets and roaming in the town as they are not serious about keeping themselves in isolation.
Local people said Abdul Awal, Chan Mia and Ershad of
Sadar upazila returned home from Malaysia in between March 6 and 10 but went to a local market on Sunday before completion of their self-isolation period.
Asked about free movement of the returnees, Natore Civil Surgeon Dr Kazi Mizanur Rahman told UNB that the local health department will take help from the police to make sure all the returnees remain in self-isolation.
