Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday urged the owners to close their business establishments and shops by 8pm everyday to curb the risks of coronavirus infection.
The DSCC mayor came up with the request while talking to reporters after visiting the Gopibagh Boys Club Field in the city on Wednesday.
He made the call a day after Bangladesh recorded 18 deaths from the novel coronavirus with 3,554 fresh cases on Tuesday, which is the highest daily caseload in eight months since July 15, 2020.
As of Tuesday, the death toll from the pandemic rose to 8,738 and the tally of infections surged to 577,241 in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is seeing an alarming rise in coronavirus infections in the past few weeks after a downtrend in both the death toll and new cases.
On January 19, Bangladesh reported its virus infection rate at just 5 percent and at one stage it fell below 3 percent. The cases have started soaring again since February 9.
Bangladesh reported its first Covid-19 cases on March 8, 2020, and the first death on March 18 the same year.
In Bangladesh, Covid-19 tests are conducted at 118 government and private hospitals.
