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599 Lankans stranded overseas arrive at BIA
25 December 2020 10:48 am
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A total number of 599 Sri Lankans, who were stranded in many foreign countries due COVID-19 pandemic, returned to the country and arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), the Airport Duty Manager said.
He said all passengers who had arrived at the airport by six passenger flights. 390 Sri Lankans arrived from UAE, 120 from Melbourne and 69 from Sydney, Australia during the past 24 hours, he said.
The returnees and their luggage were subject to stringent health checks and disinfection process at the airport and then subject to PCR tests.