Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said that the government announced a countrywide ‘lockdown’ for seven days from Monday, April 5, to fight the second wave of COVID-19.
Obaidul, also the road transport and bridges minister, made the discloser on Saturday and added that industries will remain open on condition.
The Public Administration Ministry would publish a set of directives in this regard by the evening, said Obaidul.
State minister for Public Administration Ministry Forhad Hossain, in a video message sent to media, said that industries would remain open maintaining COVID-19 health measures while emergency services would remain out of the purview of the directives.
The decision came when Bangladesh experienced a surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths for the past few days.
The country recorded 6,830 cases on Friday, 6,469 on Thursday, and 5,358 infections on Wednesday.
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