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Don’t return home right now if not urgent: Health Minister to expats
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday urged the Bangladeshi expatriates living in different countries of the world not to return home right now unless it is a case of emergency.
Hundreds in DC asked to quarantine after exposure in church
Several hundred people are being asked to self-quarantine after potential exposure to the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in Washington DC, identified as the rector of prominent Episcopal church.
Italy announces quarantine affecting quarter of population
Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.
Italy announces virus quarantine affecting 16 million people
Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.
21 positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off California
Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus and 19 of them are crew members, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of more than 10 cases during its previous voyage.
India's beleaguered health system braces for virus surge
India is bracing for a potential explosion of coronavirus cases as authorities rush to trace, test and quarantine contacts of 31 people confirmed to have the disease.
North Korea ends quarantine of some foreigners in virus move
North Korea said Friday it has released about 220 foreigners from a quarantine imposed as part of its vigilant prevention efforts to avoid an outbreak of the coronavirus that has spread around the world.
Dubai returnee hospitalised in Sylhet with fever: Multisectoral body formed
A Bangladeshi man, who recently returned from Dubai, has been admitted to a hospital in the city with fever and cold-related issues.
Met Opera institutes 14-day quarantine for some due to virus
The Metropolitan Opera has instituted quarantines for artists and employees traveling to New York from areas affected by the new coronavirus.
Last crew members leave cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo
The last group of about 130 crew members got off the Diamond Princess on Sunday, vacating the contaminated cruise ship and ending Japan's much criticized quarantine that left more than one fifth of the ship's original population infected with the new virus.