Seven out of the 312 Bangladehis brought back from coronavirus epicenter Wuhan in China have been hospitalised.
They were taken to Kurmitola General Hospital after a Biman Bangladesh flight landed at Dhaka airport on Saturday (Feb 1).
The rest of the 305 people have been kept at the quarantine facility in Ashkona Hajj camp, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Director Towhidul Ahsan told Bangla Tribune.
Among 312 Bangladeshis are 197 adults, 12 are children and 3 infants and all of them will be kept under observation for 14 days.
The special flight with 15 crew members and four physicians departed for Wuhan on Friday (Jan 31) at 6 pm.
The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus, as China reported Saturday the death toll had climbed to 259 with nearly 10,000 infections.