118 more Bangladeshis return from India through Gede-Darshana border

At least 118 more Bangladeshis, who were stuck in India, returned home through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga today.

Of them, four tested positive for Covid-19.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Chuadanga Monir Parveen, also the convener of the Covid-19 Control and Prevention Committee, confirmed the news to our Kushtia correspondent.

The 118 Bangladeshi came home between this morning and evening using the Darshana check-post, the ADC said.

With this, a total of 334 people returned to the country so far. Of them, nine people tested positive for Covid-19.

On reaching the Darshana check-post at the border, health screening and Covid-19 sample collection of the returnees were conducted by a medical team from the Damurhuda Upazila Health Complex, said Monir Parveen.

Of the 118 returnees, four including tested positive for Covid-19 after tests and were taken to the isolation ward of the District Sadar hospital, said the ADC.

The administration is verifying whether they are infected with the Indian variant or not, she added.

The rest were sent to Chuadanga Technical Training Centre, Youth Development Centre, Jashore Sadar Hospital and three hotels for a 14-day mandatory quarantine, added ADC Monir Parveen.  

Yesterday, a total of 133 Bangladeshis returned from India through the Gede-Darshana border and two tested positive for Covid-19.