‘Stay put till flights resume’
UK High Commission in Dhaka has advised British nationals, who are staying in Bangladesh now, to be prepared to stay in the country until commercial flights resume.
"If you are a British national in Bangladesh, you should be prepared to stay in the country until commercial flights resume," it said, "You will need to be ready to comply with local isolation, testing or quarantine requirements, and to rely on the local health system."
The travel advisory was issued on Sunday as Biman Bangladesh has suspended its operations in last two routes – Manchester and London – for a week since yesterday amid global pandemic of Coronavirus.
With this, Biman Bangladesh has suspended all its routes. The British High Commission said given that many restrictions remain in place, and continue to be introduced, moving within Bangladesh may become more difficult than normal for British nationals.
"Unless you have an urgent reason to travel within Bangladesh, you may have to stay where you are whilst the flight ban and lockdown remains in place."
The UK government has no plans to introduce repatriation flights from Dhaka, but is monitoring the situation closely. "The British Government is prioritising repatriation flights in countries where there are very large numbers of stranded British nationals, where there have been no commercial options available for some time, and where no further flights are scheduled for the foreseeable future," said the high commission.
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