Staff Reporter :
As the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Keraniganj continues to rise, the local administration has enforced a lockdown in seven unions of the upazila from Friday after declaring the areas as red zone.
The seven unions are Jinjira, Shubhaddya, Aganagar, Shakta, Kalindi, Konda and Rohitpur in the upazila.
Besides, the local administration has marked Kalatia, Basta and Taranagar unions as ‘yellow zone’, while Hazratpur and Teghuria unions as ‘green zone.’
Keraniganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Amit Debnath said that general holidays so declared will continue till June 30 in the red zone areas.
The army personnel were seen asking people to abide by the directives of the local administration through loud speakers in the morning while police set up check-posts on the Babubazar Bridge and Postogola Bridge for monitoring people’s movement strictly.
The chairmen of the seven union parishads have been asked to give all-out support to the residents, said the UNO.
A total of 784 Covid-19 patients were detected from the upazila till Thursday with the detection of 34 new cases in the span of 24 hours . Besides, 21 people have died from the highly contagious disease.
As the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Keraniganj continues to rise, the local administration has enforced a lockdown in seven unions of the upazila from Friday after declaring the areas as red zone.
The seven unions are Jinjira, Shubhaddya, Aganagar, Shakta, Kalindi, Konda and Rohitpur in the upazila.
Besides, the local administration has marked Kalatia, Basta and Taranagar unions as ‘yellow zone’, while Hazratpur and Teghuria unions as ‘green zone.’
Keraniganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Amit Debnath said that general holidays so declared will continue till June 30 in the red zone areas.
The army personnel were seen asking people to abide by the directives of the local administration through loud speakers in the morning while police set up check-posts on the Babubazar Bridge and Postogola Bridge for monitoring people’s movement strictly.
The chairmen of the seven union parishads have been asked to give all-out support to the residents, said the UNO.
A total of 784 Covid-19 patients were detected from the upazila till Thursday with the detection of 34 new cases in the span of 24 hours . Besides, 21 people have died from the highly contagious disease.
