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Bangladesh orders quarantine of 21 sailors on ship from China for COVID symptoms
The Chattogram Port Authority has asked 21 sailors on a ship from China to quarantine after seven of them caught fever, a symptom of COVID-19.
Published : 22 August 2021, 06:06 PM
Updated : 22 August 2021, 06:06 PM
It also ordered a halt on the unloading of goods from the ship that arrived at the outer anchorage with 46,300 tonnes of DAP fertiliser on Aug 12.
The ship, Serene Juniper, reported that several of its sailors had developed COVID symptoms and seven had fever, Dr Nurul Absar, assistant health officer of the port, said on Sunday.
Samples from the sailors were sent for test and further measures will be taken after the reports arrive in the night.
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