Eighty-one Bangladeshi nationals, who got stuck  in different areas of West Bengal during the ongoing lockdown in entire India, returned home through Benapole Check-post on Friday.   They entered Bangladesh in small groups from 7am.

Two people with fever, cough and cold were sent to the isolation unit of Sadar Hospital on Tuesday night.   Civil Surgeon of the district Dr Ratan Kumar Dhali said one of them hails from Joypurhat district while another from Razapur union in Sadar upazila.   The samples of the two patients were sent to Dhaka for determining whether they have coronavirus or not.   Besides, two more overseas returnees were put under home-quarantine in the last 24 hours, he said, adding a total of 827 people are now under quarantine in the district.  

A total of 654 people are currently under home-quarantine in the district to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.

A total of 1,297 people who have recently returned from different countries are currently in home-quarantine in the district of Bagerhat.

Some 82 overseas returnees were sent to home-quarantine in the district on Tuesday, taking the total number of quarantined people in the district to 554.

In an effort to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, local administrations have beefed up monitoring across the country to make sure that those returned from abroad follow home-quarantine rules.   In Madaripur, a complete shutdown has been enforced in Shibchar municipality and three unions of Shibchar upazila to contain the virus which is ravaging the entire world.   All the entrances and exits of the municipality and Panchhar, Baheratal and Natun Bahertala unions have been closed. Most shops in the municipality were closed.   Deputy Inspector General (Dhaka Range) of police Nure Alam Mina revealed the information at a press conference at Shibchar Police Station on Friday afternoon.   He said all the residents of the areas have been asked to stay indoors. “They’ve been asked to call us if they need anything and police will deliver those to their doorsteps with the assistance of local representatives,” he said.   The DIG also said a committee has been formed with local representatives in every area to ensure that those returned from abroad remain in mandatory home-quarantine.

Immigration police at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have started stamping quarantine information on the hands of incoming passengers with irremovable ink to ensure that they remain in home-quarantine.   The seals bear the date until which they will have to stay in home-quarantine, said a senior officer of immigration police at the airport.   The immigration police started stamping the seals on the wrist and arms of passengers from Thursday as the government made a 14-day home-quarantine mandatory for the overseas returnees, he said requesting anonymity.   The government on March 14 announced that people coming to Bangladesh from coronavirus-infected countries will be in a compulsory 14-day quarantine. Anyone violating the directive will face action.   “We put the seal on hands of passengers so that they could remember that they have to voluntarily stay in self-quarantine for the next 14 days. Irremovable ink is being used for this purpose.”   Bangladesh on Friday announced the detection of three new coronavirus patients, raising the number of such cases in the country to 20.   Country’s first death from the coronavirus was recorded on March 18.   The death toll from the coronavirus or COVID-19 has reached 10,495 globally as of Friday night.   It has so far infected 255,904 people around the world, according to worldometer.   COVID-19 is affecting 183 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan).

At least 20 overseas returnees have been placed in quarantine at their respective homes in different upazilas of the district to prevent the further spread of coronavirus.

The deadly coronavirus has affected 156 countries and territories around the world and one international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan).

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.