Bangladesh reported the arrival of 240 individuals from South Africa, where the new coronavirus variant Omicron was discovered, in the last month but authorities are unable to track down any of them. But sadly, they’ve all turned their mobile phones off and gave wrong addresses,” Health Minister Zahid Maleque said after an inter-ministerial meeting on Tuesday. The government decided to restrict trips to Bangladesh from South Africa and the continent on the whole and mandate a 14-day institutional quarantine for anyone who flies in from there, reports bdnews24.com. The health ministry joined up with the local administration to identify and quarantine those who had already flown to Bangladesh from South Africa. “We were forced to ask the local administration to take steps and look for [missing travellers].

Source: bd News24 November 30, 2021 22:15 UTC