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Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus cases soared to 84,379 - surpassing China’s caseload on Saturday - with the detection of 2,856 new cases.
The country’s death toll meanwhile rose to 1,139, surpassing that from the Rana Plaza tragedy, with 44 casualties reported the same day, by the Directorate General of Health Services.
The city roads that lay empty for weeks on end through April and May, recently filled again with the familiar chaos of an unplanned megacity providing for 16 million residents, as the ‘lockdown’ was partially and then fully withdrawn by the government.
Our photographer captured photos of roads overcrowded with people trying to catch vehicles after completing day-long office work in Gulistan area on Saturday.
City dwellers in a remarkably orderly queue boarding a bus to return home after work.
Most people have at least taken the directive to wear masks seriously.
Boarding a commuter bus in Dhaka has always been a contact sport.
When the urge to go home strikes, virus is out of sight, out of mind.