Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The train passengers from India are undergoing screening at Cantonment Railway Station in Dhaka from Tuesday after similar measures have been taken at airports, land ports and maritime ports, said Meerjady Sabrina Flora, the director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research in a press conference on Wednesday.

Though the train crosses Benapole Station, no passenger gets down there.

The Maitree Express runs between Dhaka and Kolkata five days a week. The train leaves Dhaka on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It leaves Kolkata on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

The health workers did not find any coronavirus patient among the passengers who have undergone screening o...