2 Bangladeshi returnees in Jashore quarantine detected with Indian Covid-19 variant
The Indian variant of Covid-19 was found in samples taken from two Bangladeshis, who returned from India and are now in institutional quarantine in Jashore.
Vice Chancellor of Jashore Science and Technology University Dr Anwar Hossain confirmed the development after the samples were tested at the Genome Centre PCR lab.
They are being treated in isolation, Our Benapole correspondent reports.
The authorities have suggested to collect samples from those who were in contact with them, for tests.
Bangladesh has closed the border with India but some stranded Bangladeshis were allowed to return home, with special permission.
They were quarantined at different government and non-government establishments, including hotels in the district and four nearby districts.
Two of them were detected with the Indian variant, said Assistant Director of the centre Dr Md Iqbal Kabir Zahid.
Daily Star
