Around 100 Italy returned to be quarantined at Hajj camp

Around 100 Bangladeshis, who returned from Italy, which recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in Europe, will be quarantined at Ashkona Hajj camp.

Shahriar Sajjad, in-charge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport medical team, said the Bangladeshis arrived on a flight of Emirates Airlines on Saturday morning, reports news agency UNB.

“They’ll be sent to the hajj camp quarantine facilities later,” he said.

Death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 reached 5,436 globally as of Saturday. Besides, 145,810 new cases were reported from around the world, according to worldometer.

Of them, 67,843 are currently infected while 72,531 patients have recovered.