ROME—More than 100 Bangladeshis who arrived at Rome’s airport on July 8 were refused entry as Italy tightens restrictions on travel from coronavirus hotspots in a bid to prevent new infection clusters in the onetime European epicenter of the outbreak.
The 112 Bangladeshis were among 205 passengers who arrived aboard a Qatar Airways flight that originated in Pakistan and stopped in Doha, Qatar. A spokesman for Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci airport said the 112 weren’t allowed to disembark and were sent back; the other passengers were being tested and quarantined.
