The district administration has announced a 7-day special lockdown in six Noakhali unions on Friday to break the surge in Covid transmission.
The unions are Noyannai, Binodpur, Qadir Hanif, Neyazpur, Ashwadia and Noakhali. (Noakhali Sadar upazila, Noakhali Municipality)
The restrictions come into effect at 6:00am on Saturday, and remain in place till June 11.
Md Khorshed Alam, deputy commissioner of Noakhali revealed it to the press on Friday following a meeting of the district Corona prevention committee.
Around 589 people tested positive for Covid-19 and four succumbed to death in the last seven days in the district.
Lockdown in districts
Apart from Noakhali district administrations of frontier districts including Rajshahi, Khulna, Satkhira and parts of Naogaon have imposed lockdown and restrictions to stop the spike in Covid cases.
District administrations have been given the authority to enforce lockdown in their areas if the Covid-19 situation deteriorates there.
