Three more Bangladeshis who landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with high fever from United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia have been sent to a hospital in Dhaka.

The three were sent to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, an official at the airport's health desk said today.

"One passenger returned from Dubai by an Emirates flight around 9:00pm yesterday and two others returned by a Malaysian Airlines flight around 12midnight," the official said.

They were sent to the hospital after authorities found out they had high fever during health screening, Group Captain AHM Touhid-ul Ahsan, director of the airport, confirmed it to The Daily Star.