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PASSENGER-COVID-CERTIFICATE
Bangladesh makes COVID-19 certificate mandatory for most foreigners to depart
DHAKA, July 22, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh today decided that all
foreign passport holders except diplomats, members of UN organizations
and its sister concerns and head of international bodies and their
family members must show COVID-19 negative certificates, before
leaving the country from July 26.
The government also exempted foreign investors and foreign passport
holders, who stayed in Bangladesh less than 14 days, from this
regulation while children below the age of 10 don’t need to show the
COVID-19 negative certificate at the airports.
In a circular, the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB)
announced the decision was taken in an inter-ministerial meeting
today.
The decision for the foreigners came after four days while the
government made obtaining COVID-19 negative certificates mandatory for
all Bangladesh nationals before leaving the country from July 23.
“As per the directives of the Directorate General of Health
Services (DGHS), all departing passengers from Bangladesh must show
COVID-19 negative certificates tested by the government listed 16
testing facilities not more than 72 hours of their international
flights from July 23,” said Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh
(CAAB) in a circular on July 18.
Meanwhile, the civil aviation ministry said all intending
passengers need to show their passports and air tickets at the testing
facilities while giving samples for the Corona test.
The government has fixed Taka 3,500 for each test at laboratories
and Taka 4,500 each in case of collecting samples from residences of
the international air travellers.
The intending passengers must stay-at-home isolation after giving
their samples until flight day, said the release.
The 16 government authorised COVID testing facilities are: National
Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre, Institute of
Public Health, and National Institute of Preventive and Social
Medicine in Dhaka; Sher-E-Bangla Medical College, Barisal, Bangladesh
Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar
Medical College (IEDCR Field Laboratory), Cumilla Medical College,
Narayanganj 300 Bed Hospital, Khulna Medical College, Kustia Medical
College, Mymensingh Medical College, Bogura Medical College, Rajshahi
Medical College, M Abdur Rahim Medical College, Dinajpur, Rangpur
Medical College and Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College.
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