Locals have confined an Italy-returnee youth, who fled Ashkona Hajj Camp during his quarantine period, and his family, to their house at Uttar Chelopara in the district town on Tuesday amid growing fear about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

People coming to Bangladesh from infected countries will be kept in compulsory quarantine, Health Minister Zahid Maleque announced Saturday.

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.

Two Bangladeshi students, who returned from China as it fights with a coronavirus outbreak, were admitted to Sadar Hospitals in Habiganj and Barguna district on Monday.

The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Saturday requested journalists not to stay at Ashkona quarantine camp and adjoining areas during the release of 312 Wuhan-returnees saying that keeping their identities secret is a moral responsibility.

Health Minister Zahid Malik on Thursday said 312 Bangladeshi nationals who returned from China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus, will return home after a 14-day of quarantine on Saturday.

Bangladesh has advised all the airlines that fly between Bangladesh and China to make health clearance mandatory from the government health administration of China while carrying  passengers from China with valid visa.

Another Bangladeshi national who along with 311 others returned home from China and kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona Hajj Camp was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital on Sunday night after his temperature was found high.

All the Bangladeshi citizens, brought back from China’s Wuhan on Saturday, are doing well, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday.