Global Net Report : The government has decided that all passengers have to show Covid-19 negative certificates from government-selected testing centres at the airport from July 23 for travel abroad. “As per directives of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Said Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) in a circular. Civil aviation and tourism ministry said that all intending passengers have to show their passports and air tickets at the testing facilities while giving samples for the Covid-19 test.
The government has set Tk 3,500 for test at laboratories and Taka 4,500 collecting samples from residences. After giving sample passengers must stay in home isolation until flight day, said the release.
The 16 government authorized testing facilities are: National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre (Dhaka), Institute of Public Health (Dhaka), National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (Dhaka) Sher-E-Bangla Medical College (Barishal); 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, Kushtia 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.
