COVID LOCKDOWN FOR TWO WEEKS IN BANGLADESH

  • 23/07/2021

Bangladesh to have  coronavirus shutdown for two more weeks to stem the tide of infections and deaths from the virus after a weeklong recess that allowed Muslims to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival.“None will be allowed outdoors unless it is urgent,” police officer Aynal Hossain said on Friday at a makeshift checkpoint in the capital, Dhaka, as members of the law enforcement agencies, including army troopers, returned to the streets to prevent people’s movements.The current spell of restrictions will last until August 5, according to a government notice.

Last week, the South Asian nation relaxed the restrictions, which were imposed on July 1 to counter a surge in coronavirus cases, allowing tens of thousands of people to leave the big cities for their home villages to celebrate the Muslim festival.Many of them, however, returned in crowded buses and ferries with public health experts fearing the consequences as Bangladesh reported average infections of nearly 11,000 and more than 200 deaths per day for the last week.

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