(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 8 - Some 125 Bangladeshi passengers who arrived in Rome from Qatar Wednesday will not be allowed to land and will return to Doha on the same plane later in the day, Fiumicino authorities said.
Italy is stopping Bangladeshis from arriving after a spike in COVID cases among the Bangladeshi community in Rome.
The other passengers on board the flight from Qatar are being tested with COVID swabs.
They will then be quarantined, authorities said. (ANSA).
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