A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying 316 Bangladeshi nationals from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak, arrived in Dhaka city on Saturday morning.
“Flight BG 7002 landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:53am,” Biman’s deputy general manager Tahera Khondoker said in the morning, reports UNB.
The Bangladeshi returnees include 301 adults, 12 children, and three infants.
On Friday, the Civil Aviation Authority of China gave clearance for the special Biman flight.
Since it emerged, coronavirus has infected more than 11,000 people, mostly in China. More than 100 cases have been reported outside China, in 22 countries.
On Friday, Beijing said the death toll had risen by 46 to 259 - all of them in China, according to BBC.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is expected that further international exportation of cases may appear in any country.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen earlier said the returnees from Wuhan will be kept at the quarantine unit at Ashkona Hajj camp for a certain period for observation.
