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International commercial flights resume from Saturday

Staff Reporter
01 May 2021 11:32:51 | Update: 01 May 2021 12:09:12
International commercial flights resume from Saturday

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has decided to resume international commercial flights from Saturday on special conditions.

However, restrictions will remain for countries currently considered high-risk.

CAAB issued a circular regarding the decision on Friday.

Passengers arriving from high-risk countries have to be in a mandatory institutional quarantine, while passengers arriving from other countries must go through a 14-day home quarantine, the circular said.

As an exception, passengers arriving from Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait will follow the current 3-day institutional quarantine despite being on the list of high-risk countries. Another 11 days will be considered for home quarantine based on subsequent health examination results.

CAAB suspended all international flights from April 14 as the government imposed a strict lockdown from that day to contain the spread of Covid-19.

The huge surge in Covid cases prompted the government to go for a lockdown from early April. Having failed to achieve the intended result, it imposed a complete lockdown from April 11 and extended it to April 28.

On April 28, the government issued a circular extending the lockdown till May 5, as there was no improvement in the Covid-19 situation.

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