A total of 316 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in the Coronavirus -hit Chinese city Wuhan, returned to Dhaka on Saturday (Feb.1) and eight of them were sent to Kurmitola General Hospital.
The eight returnees were running high temperature and were sent to the hospital, source of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said.
Rest of the returnees were taken to Ashkona Hajj Camp directly in a special bus, said the IEDCR source.
A special flight of Biman Bangladesh 777-300 carrying them reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12.05 noon, an airport official confirmed it.
The special flight headed for Wuhan from Dhaka around 5:10pm on Friday.
Four doctors -- three from Bangladesh Army and one from the airport health department -- accompanied the cabin crew.
The returnees would be kept quarantined for 14 days in the rooms on the second floor of Ashkona Hajj Camp.
Bangladesh Army will supervise the camp during the quarantine period, Health Minister Dr Zahid Maleque told journalists on Friday.
The returnees include 18 children.