A total of 142 Bangladeshis, who returned from Italy, which recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in Europe, are being quarantined at Ashkona Hajj camp in Dhaka.
Doctor Shahriar Sajjad, in-charge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport medical team, said the Bangladeshis arrived on a flight of Emirates Airlines at 8am on Saturday.
“They were sent to the hajj camp quarantine from the airport,” he said.
Death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 reached 5,436 globally as of Saturday. Besides, 145,810 new cases were reported from around the world, according to worldometer.
Of them, 67,843 are currently infected while 72,531 patients have recovered.