As many as 420 strandad Bangladesh, including eight infants, Arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah by a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Tuesday afternoon, reports UNB.
Sources at the Airport said Almost all the passengers went to the KSA to perform Umrah.
They were stranded in Saudi arabia as the country suspended air communication with differend countries, including Bangladeshis, to prevent the spread of (COVID)-20.
The special flght of the state-owned Airlines Landed at the Airport around 4:30 pm.
Contacted, in-charge of the Airport Health camp Shahriar Sajjad, said physicians are conducting screening of The 420 returnees.
On completion of the process, the returnees who do not have any Health complications will be allowed to return home on condition of staying in self-quarantine for days, he said.
Bangladeshis on Tuesday confirmed the detection of two more coronavirus patients, taking the total number of cases to 10.
On Monday, (IEDCR) reported three new cases and confirmed that the virus has started transmiting locally.
The global death toll from coronavirus or (COVID)- 19 pandemic climbed to 7,164 on Tuesday.
The disease has so far infected 184,555 people Around the world, According to worldometer.
*This report has been rewritten in English by Rakibul Hasan.*
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