268 Sri Lankans stranded in Qatar arrived at BIA

268 Sri Lankans stranded in Qatar arrived at BIA

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – A total of 268 Sri Lankans who were stranded in Qatar, arrived in the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on a SriLankan Airlines flight this morning.

The SriLankan Airlines flight UL-218 from Doha, Qatar, arrived at the Katunayake airport at 5.45 am today.

Upon arrival at the airport, they were sterilized with their belongings.

They were then examined by the Airport Health Medical Unit and airport security officials to see if they had any coronavirus symptoms.

Thereafter, all these passengers were taken to quarantine centres.