Coronavirus outbreak: 5 confirmed cases in Bangladesh, 2,314 in quarantined, 10 in isolation
The Institute of Epidemiology, Illness Keep watch over and Analysis (IEDCR) in Bangladesh examined samples of 231 other people and detected coronavirus an infection amongst 5 other people. Of them, two had been identified with the illness anew.
No less than 2,314 persons are in quarantine and 10 others in isolation in other districts throughout Bangladesh, the IEDCR mentioned on Sunday.
IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flowers mentioned that they’ve examined samples of 231 other people up to now. “The samples of 20 other people had been examined in the previous 24 hours. Up to now, we have detected coronavirus an infection amongst 5 other people. Of them, two had been identified with the illness anew,” she mentioned.
But even so, a complete of 152 Bangladeshis returned to Dhaka from Italy on Sunday morning. On their arrival, they had been basically examined after which taken to Ashkona Hajj Camp, Crew Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, director of the airport, advised media.
Bangladesh bans vacationers’ from India, Europe apart from UK
To stop the outbreak of fatal novel coronavirus, Bangladesh imposed a ban on traveller’s from all Ecu nations apart from the United Kingdom and different countries — that have already limited their borders — for the following couple of weeks starting Sunday nighttime.
“As in keeping with Top Minister Sheikh Hasina’s directives, we now have made up our minds to impose the ban on vacationers’ from the ones nations until March 31,” Bangladeshi International Minister AK Abdul Momen advised media on the State Visitor Space Padma in Dhaka.
He mentioned because the Global Well being Group (WHO) has declared Europe as the brand new epicenter of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the federal government has taken the verdict to offer protection to its voters from the outbreak. The ban can be imposed each for foreigners and Bangladesh nationals.
“Numbers of nations the world over, together with India and Saudi Arabia, took the similar choice because of the outbreak of the fatal virus,” Momen mentioned.
The 2-week ban can be efficient for the ones nations that have already limited borders that together with India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar.
“The nations the ones shutdown shuttle from Bangladesh together with India .. we will be able to observe the similar choice to these nations,” Momen mentioned.
But even so, issuing of on-arrival visa to all nations had been additionally suspended inside of this era.
