The Bangladesh authorities on Saturday determined to impose a week-long nationwide lockdown from Monday as COVID-19 circumstances and deaths surged throughout the nation. Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader made the announcement at a media briefing in Dhaka on Saturday, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
Bangladesh on Friday logged 6,830 new circumstances of the coronavirus, the very best depend in a day, taking the tally of infections to 624,594. The demise toll climbed by 50 in 24 hours to 9,155, in accordance to information launched by the federal government. In a bid to arrest the unfold of the coronavirus, the federal government has determined to implement a seven-day lockdown from Monday because the coronavirus circumstances and deaths are surging throughout the nation, Quader, additionally the overall secretary of the ruling Awami League, mentioned.
However, the order doesn’t apply to utility and emergency companies. Factories will stay open and staff can work shifts by following hygiene guidelines, the report mentioned.
Every workplace and courtroom shall be closed throughout this lockdown however industries and mills will proceed their operation on rotation, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune. Asked why industries is not going to be closed, the minister mentioned: If we shut the mills then the employees could have to go away their workstations and head for residence.
Bangladesh on Wednesday registered an enormous bounce in new COVID-19 circumstances with 5,358 infections, the very best single-day improve for the reason that pandemic broke out in the nation in March final 12 months, it mentioned. On Monday, the Prime Minister’s Office issued an 18-point directive, together with a ban on all public gatherings in areas with excessive charges of infections.
In a gazette notification, it requested to restrict gatherings in all sorts of occasions, together with social, political and non secular. It additionally mentioned that buses is not going to be allowed to carry passengers greater than half of their seating capability and have to keep the security COVID-19 security pointers.
