36 India returnees sent to Cumilla for institutional quarantine UNB, Brahmanbaria UNB, Brahmanbaria
As many as 36 Bangladeshi nationals, who returned from India through the Akhaura land port yesterday, were sent to Cumilla to undergo institutional quarantine as all the isolation centres in Brahmanbaria are full, officials said today.
The 36 Bangladeshis returned home from India yesterday after obtaining NOCs from the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala. Similarly, 27 Indian nationals have returned home through the land port.
The 36 returnees have been sent to Cumilla as all the institutional isolation facilities in the district are full, said Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, upazila nirbahi officer. Those who have completed their 14-day quarantine at the centres will be released soon, he said.