Tripura Man Suspected of being Infected with Coronavirus 'Deported' from B'desh

Agartala, March 11, 2020:

Bangladesh authorities have banned the entry of an Indian national hailing from Tripura in suspicion of Coronavirus (COVID-19) based on the initial infrared thermometer checkup.

The person, identified as Subhash Sarkar (30) of Madhya Bhubanbon area in West Tripura District, was pushed back after he crossed the border through the Akhaura ICP.

Sources said, as the person crossed the border, health personnel of Bangladesh carried out the initial checkup of the person, following which they found that the person had a high temperature and was physically unwell. Considering his condition, they stopped him from entering Bangladesh. They put a mask on him and sent him back to Tripura state capital Agartala, the source added.

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Speaking about the incident, In-charge of the makeshift health desk at Akhaura Immigration centre in the Bangladesh side, Fazlul Haque Sarkar said, Health workers of Bangladesh screened him for Coronavirus. “Temperature of the person was recorded to be 100 degree Celsius and he felt physically uncomfortable. Health workers promptly contacted and informed the civil surgeon of Brahmanbaria. Based on the suggestion of the surgeon, the person was packed back to Agartala”.

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He, however, said that it was just a suspected case of Coronavirus and as Bangladesh Government is strict on this matter, the suspected person was returned to Agartala from the ‘no man’s land’, Fazlul Haque said.

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