Coronavirus: 31 Construction Workers at Dhaka Airport Test Positive

At least 31 construction workers at the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) have tested positive for coronavirus.

Air Vice Marshal Mafidur Rahman, Chairman of the Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority, confirmed the information that workers are now in their home quarantine.

"Arrangements were made to ensure the proper health of all officials and workers involved in the construction of the project," he said.

Project officials were instructed to monitor the health conditions of everyone before joining the work every day, Chairman of the CAAB added.

Bangladesh on Wednesday saw the highest-ever jump in coronavirus cases in a single day again as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 4,008 new patients in the span of 24 hours, increasing the total number of cases to 98,489.

During the same period, 43 more patients died from the virus infection, taking the death toll to 1,305.

Source: UNB