The government has extended the period of  the  existing restrictions on people’s movement and other activities until February 21 and imposed two new ones considering the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country.

These restrictions will remain in force from February 7 to 21, said a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Thursday.

The new restrictions are- gathering of more than 100 people in social, political, religious or state events will not be allowed in open places or indoors and  those who will attend the events must bring Covid Vaccination Certificate or report of RT PCR test underwent within 24 hours.

Besides, in-person classes of schools, colleges and equivalent educational institutions will remain suspended during this period, said the notification.

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On Tuesday, the government extended the closure of secondary and higher secondary-level educational institutions by two weeks until February 20.

Amid the growing concern over the Coronavirus’ new Omicron variant, the government on January 13 imposed 11-point restrictions.

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Covid situation in Bangladesh

Bangladesh reported 36 more Covid-linked deaths with 12,193 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

The daily positivity rate further dropped to 27.43% from Tuesday's 29.17% after testing 44,308 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 28,461 while the caseload mounted to 1,824,180.

Meanwhile, the mortality rate further declined to 1.56%.
However, the recovery rate also declined to 87.35% with the recovery of 4,203 more patients during the 24-hour period.

In January, the country reported 322 Covid-linked deaths and 2,13,294 new cases while 19,112 recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.