“If Bangladesh had spent Tk50-200 crore on preventive measures immediately, in March, it could have stopped the virus from spreading so much and maybe prevented all the financial losses as well,” he said. UK flight institutional quarantine: What about expatriate Bangladeshi workers? When asked about the institutional quarantine measure, Prof Abdul Hamid wondered what would happen to expatriate Bangladeshi workers who boarded flights at transit destinations. Dhaka Tribune could not verify how much the institutional quarantine would cost passengers. This could make management of the institutional quarantine very difficult,” Prof Abdul Hamid added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 02, 2021 15:45 UTC