File photo Rajib Dhar/Dhaka TribueEarlier, two returnees from Saudi Arabia have been sent to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government HospitalThe authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka have sent a Bangladeshi, who returned from Malaysia, to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital at Uttara in the capital. During the health screening at the airport, the body temperature of the individual was found high and he was sent to the hospital, Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, director of the airport, said at a press conference on Friday. In the last 24 hours, the Malaysia-returnee along with two others, who returned from Saudi Arabia on Thursday, were sent to the hospital due to high temperature in their body. Touhid said: "We are sending individuals, who are suffering from high temperature, to hospital as per the government decision and the individuals, who are returning from countries affected with coronavirus, are being sent to mandatory quarantine at their homes." All returnees would be screened at the airport and individuals selected by the Health Ministry would be handed over to the army for quarantine after completion of the immigration procedure.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 20, 2020 09:56 UTC