Outbound passengers’ Covid test facility to be moved to Shyamoli TB hospital

The Covid-19 testing facility for outbound passengers run by the government at Army Stadium in Dhaka will be shifted to 250-bed TB Hospital in Shyamoli, said a press release today.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) introduced the existing testing facility at the stadium on July 6, Prof Roben Amin, Line Director at Non-Communicable Disease Control wing at the DGHS announced in a briefing at the time.

Before that, outbound passengers had to submit their swab sample for rt-PCR test at the DNCC Covid-19 Dedicated Hospital in Dhaka's Mohakhali.

Under the government arrangement, any outgoing Bangladeshi passengers can avail the service at a cost of Tk 100 only.

The same service is available in 16 other districts under government arrangement while there are a total of 70 private laboratories allowed to provide similar rt-PCR test service at a cost starting from Tk 2500 each.