Bangladesh Extends Shutdown till May 5 As Coronavirus Crisis Surge

Mumbai: Local media reported on Thursday that Bangladesh has extended its nationwide shutdown until May 5 as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronovirus epidemic.

Bangladesh News quoted Minister of State for Public Administration Farhad Hussain as saying, “The holiday will be extended from 26 April to 5 May. The government will issue a gazette tomorrow [Thursday] in this regard.”

However, the minister said that 6 May is also a government holiday due to religious rituals of the country’s minority Buddhist community or because of the Buddhist full moon holiday.

To ensure social disturbances in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, the government declared March 26 as a general holiday for 10 days.

Later, it was gradually increased to 25 April as the country saw an increase in the number of deaths and deaths from COVID-19 disease, COVID-19.

With the latest government decision to extend the lockdown again, a nationwide soft shutdown – restricting the movement of people, suspending all types of public transport and closing all businesses – now crosses the one-month mark next week Is set for

As of Wednesday, 120 deaths from the virus have occurred in South Asian countries with a population of more than 165 million, with 3,772 cases confirmed and 92 recovered.

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