23 Bangladeshis flown to Delhi from Wuhan
Twenty-three Bangladeshi more nationals have already been evacuated from China's Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
These were flown to Delhi on Thursday by a particular flight with several other Indian nationals, said the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
The Bangladeshi nationals will be quarantined in special facilities in suburbs in Delhi.
More than 80,000 persons in about 40 countries have already been infected with the brand new coronavirus which emerged in December. A lot more than 2,700 have died. A large proportion remain in China.
Bangladesh cut back 312 of its nationals from China on February 1 and the remaining Bangladeshis registered to return home.
Earlier, India expressed willingness to take some Bangladeshi students onboard from Wuhan with Indian nationals after necessary permission.
Initially, a small band of nine Bangladeshi students with their Indian friend made a request to the Embassy of India in Beijing seeking their helping hand, a student told UNB.
However, as required by the Chinese authorities, their request would have to be forwarded to Indian Embassy as a diplomatic note by Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing, said the student who wanted to remain anonymous.
The diplomatic note from Bangladesh Embassy conveyed their concurrence or no objection to Bangladesh students' evacuation on board the Indian flight, the student said.
Bangladesh Embassy also sent another diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China conveying the same.
The federal government of India sent a consignment of medical supplies on board a relief flight to Wuhan to assist and assist China in its efforts against the COVID-19 epidemic.
On its return, the flight had some limited capacity to defend myself against board Indian nationals wishing to go back to India from Wuhan, Hubei Province.
