A total of 1,943 police members got infected with coronavirus as of Thursday as new cases are also on the rise across the country.

Even though the government has extended general holidays until May 16, thousands of people started entering Dhaka through Mawa Ghat on Tuesday, taking the risk of coronavirus transmission following the announcement of market and shop reopening from May 10.

The government has decided to allow businesspeople to keep shops and shopping malls open till 4 pm every day maintaining health guidelines during the general holidays extended until May 16 considering Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr.

As coronavirus continues to claim more lives and infect a larger number of people every day, the government has extended the ongoing general holidays till May 16 in a bid to prevent the transmission of the deadly virus.

As both the death toll and infections from coronavirus continue to surge in Bangladesh, the government is likely to extend the ongoing general holidays in a bid to tackle the worsening situation.

The spread and rising number of coronavirus cases have forced the local administration to put two districts and a number of areas across the country under lockdown to prevent further transmission.

As the number of coronavirus cases in the country is growing and the global situation worsening, the government on Friday extended the general holidays until April 25, aiming to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.