The passengers returning from India who received  two doses of government approved Covid-19 vaccines or one dose of Johnson and Johnson vaccine will not need to provide covid-negative certificates while entering Bangladesh. Raju Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge of Benapole immigration check post said the new rule has become effective from Monday. Also read: Fake Covid-negative certificates from govt's screening booth at Darshana checkpost Dr Yusub Ali, in-charge of Sharsha upazila health complex said, “We received a letter in this regard from the authority on Sunday.” “The mandate of the RT-PCR test conducted before 72 hours of entering the Bangladesh border will not be applicable for those who received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. But it will remain applicable for others” said OC Raju Ahmed. Also read: Vaccine certificate must for getting DNCC services: Atiq According to the health division of the immigration the passengers headed for India receiving a third Covid-19 jab or booster dose will not need to provide negative certificates. But it will be mandatory to stay in isolation and get tested for those who have symptoms of the virus.

Two Bangladeshi nationals, including a 12-year-old boy, who returned home from India through Darshana land port in Chadanga district have been tested positive for Covid-19. Kushtia Civil Surgeon Dr HM Anwarul Islam, said a total of 36 Bangladeshi nationals returned home on Saturday. Upon their arrival, health authorities collected samples from them and sent those to the PCR laboratory of Kushtia Medical College and Hospital on Sunday. Read:17 India returnees test positive for Covid-19 The results of the two returnees –one aged about 39 and another 12-- came out Covid positive on Sunday night. They were sent to Kushtia General Hospital isolation centre. Of the total returnees, 27 people have been kept at Bir Pratik Taramon Bibi Institutional quarantine centre and the rest at a hotel in the district town. According to the World Health Organisation, the Indian variant has already spread to 60 countries of the world.  

Seventeen Bangladeshis, who returned home from India through Benapole land port from April 26 to May 22, have tested positive for Covid-19. Some 3,444 Bangladeshis have returned home from India from April 26 to May 22 after obtaining a 'no-objection certificate' from the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh. Earlier, the government closed border with India keeping only movement of cargoes uninterrupted amid worsening  Covid situation in India. Read: 3,350 Bangladeshis return through Benapole since Apr 26; 17 test Covid positive Many Bangladeshi citizens are returning home through the Benapole land port with special permission. Of them, 17 returnees tested positive for Covid-19. Dr Utpala Roy, Medical officer of Benapole Immigration, said on Saturday 94 Bangladeshis returned home from India and they have been kept at Jashore Gazir Darga Madrasha and other different quarantine centres for 14-day mandatory quarantine. If they test negative for Covid-19 they will be released later, he said. Read: 206 India returnees put in 14-day quarantine in Cumilla However, those who have tested positive have been kept at the red zone of Corona Unit. According to the World Health Organisation, the Indian variant has already spread to 60 countries across the world. The Bangladeshi citizens currently travelling to India for treatment and having visas with validity for less than 15 days could enter Bangladesh only through Benapole, Akhaura and Burimari after taking permission from Bangladesh diplomatic missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Agartala and with a mandatory Covid-negative certificates done through PCR test within 72 hours of entry.  

A total of 206 Bangladeshis, who returned from India through the Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria district, have been sent to Cumilla to stay in 14-day institutional quarantine, said officials. Local administration sources said the Bangladeshi nationals returned home through Akhaura Land Port in the last five days and all of them have been kept at the eight quarantine centres in Cumilla as all the isolation centres in Brahmanbaria are full. Read: 3 India returnees test positive for Covid in Magura However, no one  tested positive for Covid-19,  Mohammad Abu Syed, Cumilla Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) told UNB on Saturday. The returnees hail from Cumilla, Feni, Chandpur, Noakhali and Brahmanbaria districts. Four executive magistrates and health officials are there to ensure the health protocols, said the UNO. As India has been experiencing a new strain of Covid-19, the government has imposed restrictions along the border areas of Bangladesh. Read:36 India returnees sent to Cumilla for institutional quarantine According to the World Health Organisation, the Indian variant has already spread to 60 countries across the world. The Bangladeshi citizens currently travelling to India for treatment and having visas with validity for less than 15 days could enter Bangladesh only through Benapole, Akhaura and Burimari after taking permission from Bangladesh diplomatic missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Agartala and with a mandatory Covid-negative certificates done through PCR test within 72 hours of entry.  

Three Bangladeshis, who recently returned from India, have tested positive for Covid-19. Of them, one is a 50-year-old woman. The other two are men, aged 25 and 40 years. They are originally residents of Satkhira, Tangail and Kushtia, respectively. Civil Surgeon of Magura district Dr Md Shahidulla Dewan said the three patients have been shifted to the Corona ward of Magura Hospital from an institutional quarantine centre in the district. Read:Covid patient infected with Indian variant held in Chandpur Genome sequencing is in process to determine if the patients are infected with the Indian double mutant variant, said the Civil Surgeon. "Within 72 hours, the reports will come,” he said. On May 8 and 9, a total of 101 Bangladeshis returned through Benapole land port and were kept under institutional quarantine at three different hotels. Of them, samples of 97 were sent to Jashore University of Science and Technology on Wednesday, excluding the four, who were already transferred to the hospital for treatment. On Thursday, these three returnees were confirmed Covid positive as the administration received reports of 67 of them. Read: 10-year-old India returnee tests positive for Covid in Jashore As India has been experiencing a new strain of Covid-19, the government imposed restrictions along the border areas of Bangladesh. According to the World Health Organisation, the Indian variant has already spread to 60 countries across the world. Bangladeshi citizens currently travelling to India for treatment and having visas with validity for less than 15 days could enter Bangladesh only through Benapole, Akhaura and Burimari after taking permission from Bangladesh diplomatic missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Agartala, and with a mandatory Covid-negative certificate.  

Amid a concern over the Indian variant of coronavirus, eleven people, who returned home from India on May 5, have tested positive for Covid-19. All the Covid-19 patients are now undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Satkhira Medical College and Hospital. Some 142 Bangladeshi nationals returned home from India on May 5 and the samples of all the returnees were collected for test. Read:36 India returnees sent to Cumilla for institutional quarantine Of them, 11 turned out to be positive for Covid-19 as the results came out on Tuesday night, said Satkhira Civil Surgeon Husain Safayet. The others were kept at three quarantine centres in Satkhira and their quarantine period will be completed today. However, the samples of the 11 Covid-19 patients will be sent to IEDCR for testing to know whether those are the deadly Indian variants. Deputy Commissioner of Satkhira SM Mostafa Kamal said all the 11 Covid-19 patients were sent to the isolation unit of Satkhira Medical College and Hospital for treatment under special management. Meanwhile, panic gripped the residents of Satkhira district town after hearing that the Indian returnees have been kept in different hotels in the district town. Read:Covid-19: Three more cases of Indian variant reported in Bangladesh As India has been experiencing a new strain of Covid-19, the government imposed restrictions along the border areas of Bangladesh. According to the World Health Organisation, the Indian variant has already spread to 60 countries across the world. The Bangladeshi citizens currently travelling to India for treatment and having visas with validity for less than 15 days could enter Bangladesh only through Benapole, Akhaura and Burimari after taking permission from Bangladesh diplomatic missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Agartala and with a mandatory Covid-negative certificates done through PCR test within 72 hours of entry.  

Fifty Bangladeshi nationals who returned home from India through Benapole on Saturday night have been placed in quarantine in Magura district. Joynal Abedin, officer-in-charge of Magura Police Station, said the India returnees entered the country through Benapole border on Saturday night and all of them have been brought to Magura district under the supervision of police and local administration. Later, they were taken to government quarrrantine centers Eagle Hotel and Soikat Hotel. Also Read:10 India returnees test negative for Covid-19: Chattogram Civil Surgeon Before taking to the quarantine centres, the authorities concerned took samples for their Covid test and asked them to maintain health guidelines. Besides, the local administration also declared Hotel Mandal International and the rest house of the Department of Youth Development in Magura district town quarantine centres. Abu Syed, Medical Officer of Magura Sadar Upazila Health Complex, said, “The Bangladeshi nationals who returned from India hail from different parts of the district and they will stay there for 14-day quarantine and the health officials will check them regularly.” Earlier, on Saturday, a confirmed case of Indian Coronavirus strain was detected in Bangladesh, says the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research(IEDCR). "The Indian variant of Coronavirus was detected in a sample test at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. It has been published on Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data(GSID)," said chief scientific officer of IEDCR ASM Alamgir. Also Read:445 India returnees kept at 11 quarantine centres in Khulna Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) DG Dr ABM Khurshid Alam also told the media that the Indian variant of Coronavirus has been found in Bangladesh. The infected patients returned from India. They had been there for treatment, and now they’re staying in Jeshore,” he added. Professor Nasima Sultana, additional director general of the institution, also confirmed the development at a press conference in the afternoon.  

All the ten India returnees, who were undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital, have tested negative for Covid-19 and no case of Indian variant was found in the district, said Civil Surgeon of Chattogram. Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Fazle Rabbi, said “Till now there is no Indian variant in Chattogram and  all the ten India returnees have come out negative for Covid-19.” However, a research team of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Science University (CVASU) has found the South African and UK variants in most of the samples after their genome sequencing . Prof. Dr Sharmin Chowdhury of CVASU said, “The researchers conducted the genome sequencing of 10 samples from March 28 to April 5 and they found the existence of UK and South Africa variants mostly and the real picture could be known after genome sequencing of more samples.” Also Read:10 India returnees admitted to CMCH After examining the ten samples, it was found that UK variants dominated during  the second wave of Covid-19 in Chatogram till April 5. Besides, the South African variant was found alongside it. Of the total 10 samples,  the UK variant (B.1.1.7) was found in six samples while South African Variant (B.1.351)  in three samples. But no Indian variant (B.1.617) was found till Sunday. According to CVASU, of the total ten people,  five people whose samples were collected for the test, had to take treatment at hospitals. Prof. Gautam Buddha, Vice-chancellor of the CVASU, said, “We have conducted the genome sequencing of ten samples to know what kind of variant is active in Chattogram during the second wave of Covid-19. Two scientific officers of Bangladesh Council of Science and Industrial Research (BCSIR) worked with the research team of CVASU. Earlier, on Saturday, a confirmed case of Indian Coronavirus strain was detected in Bangladesh, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research(IEDCR). "The Indian variant of Coronavirus was detected in a sample test at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka. It has been published on Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data(GSID)," said chief scientific officer of IEDCR ASM Alamgir. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) DG Dr ABM Khurshid Alam also told the media that the Indian variant of Coronavirus has been found in Bangladesh. Also Read:445 India returnees kept at 11 quarantine centres in Khulna The infected patients returned from India. They had been there for treatment, and now they’re staying in Jeshore,” he added. Professor Nasima Sultana, additional director general of the institution, also confirmed the development at a press conference in the afternoon. Besides, a research team of Jessore University of Science and Technology detected two confirmed cases of Indian variant in Jeshore on Saturday. India recorded over 4 lakh new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday, taking the country’s total caseload to over 2.18 crore. With 4,187 new deaths, the toll now stands at over 2.38 lakh.  

Ten Bangladeshis, who returned from India after treatment, were admitted to the Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Friday morning. CMCH sources said most of them are cancer patients. Zahirul Islam Bhuiyan, in-charge of CMCH police outpost, said they returned home from India after undergoing treatment. “They’ve been kept in the hospital for initial care,” he said. Among the returnees, three are from Fatikchhari upazila, three from Chandnaish, three from Karnafuli and one from Patia. Iqbal Hossain, who went to India with a patient, said, "I went there in February for treatment. I came to Jashore from Kolkata on May 4. Before returning home, we tested negative for Covid-19. Here too the report came negative. The hospital authorities said they would send us home." He said that they want to go home as soon as possible but no doctor visited them since morning to talk about their release. Bangladesh shut its border with India after the neighbouring country saw a record upsurge in cases and fatalities. The Indian variant of the coronavirus is suspected to be more contagious. A number of Bangladeshis returned home through Benapole. All of them were tested for Covid-19 and kept at Jashore Chest Disease Hospital. They were sent to their respective district hospitals at the instruction of the authorities concerned yesterday.

Ten India returnees, who tested positive for coronavirus, have reportedly escaped from an isolated ward of the Jashore General Hospital. The escapees have been identified as Fatema, 19, Ruma, 30, Shefali Rani, 42, Moni Mala, Nasima Begum, 50, Amirul, 52, Sohail, 17, Pradeep Biswas, 37, Vivekananda, 52, and Milon. Also read:India records world's highest single-day spike in Covid cases Hospital supervisor Dilip Kumar Roy told UNB that only two patients had fled and blamed the 'irresponsibility' of police for the incident. Kotwali Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Tajul Islam said they are yet to receive an official complaint over the incident. “We’ll look into it after getting a complaint," he said. Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Abu Shahin said the matter is being taken “very seriously”. Also read:Covid-19 turns India into vaccine importer from exporter He said he went to the hospital on Sunday after hearing about the incident to talk to the supervisor. “It’ll be possible to trace them if the names and addresses given to the hospital authorities during admission are correct," he said.