A nationwide lockdown was announced in Bangladesh on Friday to contain the spread of COVID-19 until further notice. 108 more patients died due to coronavirus infection in the country, which is the second-highest number of dead in a day since the start of the pandemic. An official order said that except for emergency services, all government and private offices will remain closed. No one will be allowed to step out of the house without urgent reasons. ” It said that only emergency vehicles will be allowed to operate during the lockdown.”

According to the Health Ministry data, the number of deaths due to Covid-19 has reached 13,976, while the total number of cases has increased to 8,78,804 after 5,869 new cases of infection were reported in the last 24 hours. On April 19 this year, the maximum number of 112 people died due to this pandemic in the country.

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The Ministry of Public Administration had said that they are awaiting the government’s decision to implement the two-week nationwide bandh in line with the opinion of the National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on COVID-19.

A few hours after this statement, the report of health officials has come out. Minister of State for Public Administration Farhad Hussain told reporters that we are ready to do the lockdown at any time, it will be harsher than last year.

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The NTAC said they had recommended a ‘strict nationwide lockdown’ as their experts were convinced that the worsening situation could not be controlled without a nationwide lockdown.

Health officials said that the delta form of the coronavirus has spread in Dhaka, increasing pressure on health facilities here. Delta-type cases have also been reported in the northern and south-western regions bordering India.

Authorities last week ordered a lockdown in the seven central districts around Dhaka in an attempt to isolate the capital from the rest of the country to prevent community transmission in the wake of rising infections in border areas.