Army to run coronavirus quarantine units in Dhaka’s Ashkona, Diabari
Senior Correspondent bdnews24.com
Published: 20 Mar 2020 04:47 AM BdST Updated: 20 Mar 2020 04:47 AM BdST
The army will operate two quarantine facilities in Dhaka – one at Ashkona Hajj Camp near Shahjalal International Airport and the other at Rajuk Apartment Project at Diabari near Uttara Sector-18.
The Inter Services Public Relation Directorate or ISPR announced the decision taken by the government on Thursday night as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
The health ministry will select returnees from foreign countries after screening them at the airport and hand them to the army for quarantine, according to the announcement.
The army will supervise transfer of the passengers from the airport to the quarantine units, completion of digital data entry, arrangements of their food, treatment and other services.
Government ministries, agencies and other forces will provide the army with the required support.
The ISPR also gave phone numbers for contacting the quarantine units.
They are:
Ashkona – 01769013420, 01769013350.
Diabari – 01769013090, 01769013062.
Earlier, Health Minister Zahid Malik said the army was assigned to set up a quarantine camp at the Biswa Ijtema ground on the banks of the Turag river in Gazipur’s Tongi.
-
‘Missing’ Hilaly found in Savar
-
KNF killed innocents in June: PCJSS
-
Motorcycles banned from highways during Eid
-
Lawyer defends ‘Tk 120m fees’ for Grameen Telecom cases
-
Plans for 400,000 tonnes of rice import approved
-
Bangladesh raises LPG prices
-
Motorcycles on Padma Bridge unlikely before Eid: official
-
2 children drown in Netrokona floodwaters
-
Biman Bangladesh jets collide again at Dhaka airport
-
Floods leave future of Sunamganj students reeling as teachers struggle for answers
-
Amin Hilaly, ‘missing’ real estate businessman named in NSU graft case, is found in Savar
-
A new insurgent group blamed PCJSS for a triple killing in June. PCJSS, in response, blames the new group
-
Bangladesh bans motorcycles from highways for a week during Eid-ul-Azha
-
Lawyer defends ‘Tk 120m fees’ taken for settlement of Grameen Telecom cases
Most Read
- Bangladesh is gearing up to open its first river tunnel by the end of 2022
- Bangladesh to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha on Jul 10
- Drastic fall in passenger numbers forces owners to cut Dhaka-Barishal launch fares
- War crimes fugitive Aminul Haque took several trips to Pakistan, RAB says
- Daylong chaos as expressway tolling slows traffic
- Nigerian Islamic court orders death by stoning for men convicted of homosexuality
- RFL Electronics gets $23m in British loans to boost manufacturing
- Bangladesh’s exports climb to record $52bn in FY22
- Bangladesh unlikely to reopen Padma Bridge to motorcycles before Eid: official
- A suspect was let off after a mix-up over his name. Then he was arrested at his wedding