Coronavirus scare Tripura shuts border post with Bangladesh

Agartala | Monday | 23rd March, 2020

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Since March 18, the number of Indians entering Tripura from Bangladesh had increased manifold, he added. “On an average 120 Indians are entering Tripura from Bangladesh a day. As Bangladesh is still allowing international flights, many Indians are landing in Bangladesh, particularly in Dhaka, and traveling by road to Tripura. The official said 10-15 Indians, who entered Tripura from Bangladesh and had coronavirus symptoms, had been put into isolation. “I have asked the Chief Secretary to urgently take up with the Union Home Ministry to seal the Bangladesh borders,” the chief minister said..