Dhaka, July 12 -- And some Bangladeshi news publishers have "wrongly" attributed an Italian media headline that "Bangladeshis are virus bombs" to the country's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated six special chartered flights carrying about 1,600 expatriate Bangladeshis to Rome in past one month.

Around 70 to 75 of them tested positive for COVID-19 while 20 to 25 other members of the Bangladeshi community in and around Rome were confirmed to have the novel coronavirus.

The Italian government has taken steps to provide support to approximately 100 Bangladeshi COVID-19 patients.

Most of them have been kept in a hotel for the period of isolation at the expense of...