March 5, 2020 12:55 PM

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Bangladesh restricts travellers from four countries to check Corona virus

<span style="color: #222222;">Bangladesh on Wednesday announced fresh measures to check the possible spread of Coronavirus in the country. The Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora said on Wednesday that passengers from Italy, South Korea, Japan and Kuwait will not be allowed entry into Bangladesh without corona virus-free medical certificate, reports the official news agency BSS.<br />''<br />''Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said on Wednesday that the government has formed committees at sub-division, district and national level to fight the outbreak of Coronavirus in Bangladesh. The national level committee will be led by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare. He urged the people not to panic as the government is fully prepared to tackle any outbreak of the Coronavirus in the country.<br />''<br />''Among the 102 suspected people in Bangladesh who were tested for virus infection, none has been found positive. Four persons still remain under observation. In another development, the US State Department on Tuesday put Bangladesh and 24 other countries on the high-priority countries list in the Coronavirus fallout.</span><br />

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