Bangladesh extends virus lockdown by one week to Apr 28

The government has issued a notice extending the ongoing nationwide lockdown by one week to Apr 28.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 20 April 2021, 07:07 AM
Updated : 20 April 2021, 07:26 AM

The Cabinet Division issued a notice on Tuesday, keeping all previous pandemic restrictions in place, including curbs on public transport.

As coronavirus cases spiked throughout the country, the government enforced a stricter lockdown from Apr 14. The lockdown was initially supposed to end on Apr 21.

A meeting on the National Technical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 recommended a weeklong extension of the lockdown to break the the coronavirus infection cycle.

Bangladesh on Monday registered 112 new fatalities from the coronavirus, the most in a day, taking the death toll to 10,497. The caseload surged to 723,221 after another 4,271 people tested positive in 24 hours, according to government data.