Passengers coming from London to stay in 7-day quarantine
Sun Online Desk
23rd January, 2021 05:07:49
Passengers coming from London of the United Kingdom (UK) to Bangladesh will have to stay in seven-day quarantine.
Md Mokabbir Hossain, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, said the decision of the government will implement immediately.
The decision of 14-day institutional quarantine was taken on December 28, last year for the passengers coming from the UK to Bangladesh, so that new strain of coronavirus does not spread in the country.
Cabinet secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam, at a press conference on that day, said, “The flight will remain operational. But all UK returnees will stay in 14-day quarantine. The passengers will be kept at Ashkona Hajj Camp and Diabari of Uttara in the capital for quarantine under the government management. The quarantine arrangement will also be available in Sylhet under the govern
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 24 Jan 2021 12:56 AM BdST
Updated: 24 Jan 2021 12:56 AM BdST
Passengers arriving in Bangladesh from Britain will have to go into a seven-day quarantine as the authorities have increased the period from four days. );
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It comes after the UK said a new infectious variant of the coronavirus, first detected in the country, may be deadlier than the other strains.
Those who can pay the bills will be allowed to stay in designated hotels in this period.
The others must go into institutional quarantine, said Md Mokabbir Hossain, managing director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
The flag carrier said on its website on Saturday that the quarantine rules will be applicable to all UK arrivals, regardless of COVID-negative certificates.
Ex-BCB General Secy Raisuddin dies
Raisuddin Ahmed, former General Secretary and Vice President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), died at a city hospital on Wednesday. He was 82.
He breathed his last at 10 am at Evercare Hospital.
Raisuddin was admitted to the hospital on December 25 with Covid-19 symptoms and was released from hospital after recovery. But, later, had been admitted again following lung infection.
UNB adds: Raisuddin Ahmed was a former Director (Admin) of national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines.
He was the general secretary of erstwhile Bangladesh Cricket Control Board (BCCB) from 1975 to 1981 and served the board as vice president from 1991 to 2001.