Another Bangladeshi who returned from India died in institutional quarantine in Jashore on Sunday afternoon.
Bimal Chandra Dey, 58, a resident of Shariatpur upazila died around 5pm at Jashore Chest Disease Hospital.
Civil Surgeon Sheikh Abu Shaheen said Bimal went to India for lung cancer treatment with his son and daughter-in-law. They returned through Benapole on May 8 and have been staying at the hotel in quarantine. Bimal was taken to the hospital around 5pm as his condition started deteriorating, said the Civil Surgeon.
"He and his family members tested negative in an antigen test. Their samples were collected for the RT-PCR test," he said.
The body was taken to Shariatpur with the help of police, Civil Surgeon Shaheen said.
On May 13, Ambia Khatun, 34, a Covid positive India returnee suffering from kidney diseases died in Jashore during institutional quarantine.
Meanwhile, three Bangladeshi students, who returned home from India through the Burimari land port, have tested positive for coronavirus.
Lalmonirhat Civil Surgeon Dr Nirmalendu Roy on Sunday said samples collected from the students would be sent to Dhaka for tests to find out if they had been infected by the Indian variant.
The students have been kept in institutional quarantine under the supervision of the district administration at a hotel in Burimari.
Patgram Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Saifur Rahman said the students are doing well.
"Their samples will soon be sent to IEDCR for testing," he said.
Bangladesh has kept all its borders with India shut since April 26 as the neighbouring country grapples with the new variant of the virus that has infected millions and claimed thousands of lives.
Many Bangladeshi students and patients got stuck in India during the border closure. But they are being allowed to return home with the approval of the authorities concerned and on condition of undergoing mandatory quarantine after entering the country.
Until Sunday afternoon, 202 people returned through the Burimari land port.
Of the returnees, 83 are currently staying in quarantine at five residential hotels and 101 are in Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital.
Thirty-five of them were released by the upazila administration after they tested negative for the virus.
--- UNB
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