The government declared a general holiday last month and shut down all non-essential services, educational institutions, transportations and urged people to stay indoors. The government later extended the holiday to May 5 as the number of cases and fatalities rose.
The health authorities on April 16 declared the whole country ‘vulnerable to infection’ and imposed heavy restriction on movement.
Until Monday, Bangladesh has confirmed 5,913 coronavirus cases and 152 deaths.
Meanwhile, 373 physicians at private and public hospitals got infected in their frontline battle against the virus in Bangladesh as of Monday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.
The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.