The Bangladesh government on Saturday decided to impose a week-long nationwide lockdown from Monday as Covid-19 cases and deaths surged across the country.
Road transport minister Obaidul Quader made the announcement at a media briefing in Dhaka on Saturday as the country recorded 58 coronavirus deaths and 5,683 new cases overnight, third highest in fatality and infection since the pandemic broke out in March last year.
“The government is going to enforce a nationwide lockdown from Monday initially for a week as the spread of coronavirus increases,” Quader, also the general secretary of the Awami League, said.
State minister for public administration Farhad Hossain in a separate briefing said an official handout would be issued detailing measures to be taken under the order. He said the government might extend the restriction if the situation worsened.