Govt bans entry from Europe, 12 countries

Bangladesh government has imposed a ban on passengers from European countries, except UK, and 12 other countries to enter the country.

The 12 non-European countries are: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Chile, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Peru, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey and Uruguay.

The ban will come into effect from April 3 and will continue till April 18, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) announced this in a press release on Thursday. 

The circular said airlines operating scheduled passenger flights from all those countries mentioned will be allowed to carry only transit passengers to Bangladesh subject to the condition that the passengers remain confined inside the terminal building only during their transit.

Besides, irrespective of the Covid-19 vaccination, all passengers coming to Bangladesh from other countries shall mandatorily possess and show “PCR based Covid-19 negative certificate.” That PCR test should be done within 72 hours before the flight.

Also, it said, the passengers must complete a 14 days home quarantine if no Covid-19 symptoms are found on-arrival health check in Bangladesh.