The government on Monday issued a notification announcing wider restrictions for a week from April 14 to curb COVID-19 infections.
The Cabinet Division in its notification said that the restrictions would be effective from 6:00 am April 14 to midnight April 21.
The offices of all public, private and autonomous bodies would remain closed during the period and officials would stay in their respective work stations, said the notification.
Industries and factories, however, would continue to operate maintaining necessary health guidelines, said the notification, adding that factory authorities would have to ensure the transports for the workers.
All public transports, including international flights, would remain suspended during the period, the notification said.
Emergency services, naval, air and land ports were kept out of the purview of the restrictions.
The restrictions came two days after state minister for public administration Farhad Hossain said that the government was considering a ‘strict’ lockdown for a week from April 14 amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.
Bangladesh reported at least 5,000 cases of COVID-19 since March 29, taking the total number of cases to 684,756 and 9,739 deaths so far.
Of the cases, over 89,000 were reported in the past two weeks, which forced the authorities to already impose a series of restrictions.
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