Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS)
Bangladesh put under virtual lockdown to tackle coronavirus
The government has taken a page out of China’s book and announced heavy restrictions on the movement of people but fell short of calling it a ‘lockdown’ to prevent further transmission of coronavirus, hours after recording the highest number of cases and fatalities in a day on Thursday.
“The whole of Bangladesh is declared as ‘vulnerable-to-infection’ zone under the Infectious Diseases (Prevention, Control and Elimination) Act 2018,” the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a circular in the evening.
It urged the people of infected areas to strictly follow its directives about maintaining social distancing and staying indoors.
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