3,350 Bangladeshis Return Through Benapole since Apr 26

3,350 Bangladeshis have returned through the Benapole land port since April 26, despite travel restrictions and closed borders.

According to Benapole immigration officers, seventeen of these India returnees tested positive for Covid-19.

People returning from India are sent to a 14-day mandatory quarantine, according to Utpal Roy, medical officer of the Benapole immigration health department.

Those who are already affected or will become infected later are being taken to Jashore General Hospital's Corona Unit's red zone, the medical officer said further.

Benapole port immigration sources said most of the returnees went to India for treatment and are returning with special permission from the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata.

However, immigration sources at the Benapole port said that the majority of the returnees went to India for treatment and are returning with special clearance from Bangladesh's Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.