UNB, Dhaka :
The spread and rising number of coronavirus cases have forced the local administration to put two districts and a number of areas across the country under lockdown to prevent further transmission.
Lockdown is an emergency measure that prohibits people from coming out of their homes with non-essential activities and traffic being shut. Only emergency services, pharmacies, and essential services operate during this period. The central bank on Thursday said bank branches in areas under lockdown will remain closed.
The drastic move helps to curb the spread of the virus as evident from various countries around the world, particularly China where coronavirus was first reported in December last year.
Bangladesh on Friday extended the general holidays until April 25. The country has shut down public transport and restricted movement of people, asking them to stay home.
In Gaibandha, the district administration imposed an indefinite lockdown.
Deputy Commissioner Abdul Matin said it will be effective in all seven upazilas of the district from 5pm and will continue until further notification.
In Cumilla, the district administration put the district under lockdown. Deputy Commissioner Md Abul Fazal
Meer issued a mass notification in this regard.
Peoples’ entry to and exit from the district has been restricted until further notice, it said.
Nobody can enter and go out of the district by regional roads and highway and waterways, the DC said adding that movement of all kinds of vehicles and mass gathering have been banned.
However, Dhaka-Chattogram highway and national highway, other inter district connecting roads will be out of this restriction.
Earlier, the local administration put Biramkadi village in Titas upazila under lockdown as a resident of the village tested positive for coronavirus.
Meanwhile in Chuadanga, the local administration has imposed restriction on movement of people and vehicles from the morning.
Deputy Commissioner Nazrul Islam Sarwar told UNB that they have taken this decision to keep the district free from coronavirus and the restriction will continue until further notification.
Anyone defying the directions will face legal action, he added.
A press note in this regard said that all emergency vehicles carrying medicine, patients, agricultural products, and daily necessary products will be out of this restriction.
In Jhalakathi, the local administration closed all entrances to the district from Friday morning.
Fatiha Yasmin, superintendent of police, said they put bamboo fences at key areas to restrict vehicle movement.
Only emergency vehicles and ambulances can pass the fences, she said adding that check posts have been put up across the district.
The spread and rising number of coronavirus cases have forced the local administration to put two districts and a number of areas across the country under lockdown to prevent further transmission.
Lockdown is an emergency measure that prohibits people from coming out of their homes with non-essential activities and traffic being shut. Only emergency services, pharmacies, and essential services operate during this period. The central bank on Thursday said bank branches in areas under lockdown will remain closed.
The drastic move helps to curb the spread of the virus as evident from various countries around the world, particularly China where coronavirus was first reported in December last year.
Bangladesh on Friday extended the general holidays until April 25. The country has shut down public transport and restricted movement of people, asking them to stay home.
In Gaibandha, the district administration imposed an indefinite lockdown.
Deputy Commissioner Abdul Matin said it will be effective in all seven upazilas of the district from 5pm and will continue until further notification.
In Cumilla, the district administration put the district under lockdown. Deputy Commissioner Md Abul Fazal
Meer issued a mass notification in this regard.
Peoples’ entry to and exit from the district has been restricted until further notice, it said.
Nobody can enter and go out of the district by regional roads and highway and waterways, the DC said adding that movement of all kinds of vehicles and mass gathering have been banned.
However, Dhaka-Chattogram highway and national highway, other inter district connecting roads will be out of this restriction.
Earlier, the local administration put Biramkadi village in Titas upazila under lockdown as a resident of the village tested positive for coronavirus.
Meanwhile in Chuadanga, the local administration has imposed restriction on movement of people and vehicles from the morning.
Deputy Commissioner Nazrul Islam Sarwar told UNB that they have taken this decision to keep the district free from coronavirus and the restriction will continue until further notification.
Anyone defying the directions will face legal action, he added.
A press note in this regard said that all emergency vehicles carrying medicine, patients, agricultural products, and daily necessary products will be out of this restriction.
In Jhalakathi, the local administration closed all entrances to the district from Friday morning.
Fatiha Yasmin, superintendent of police, said they put bamboo fences at key areas to restrict vehicle movement.
Only emergency vehicles and ambulances can pass the fences, she said adding that check posts have been put up across the district.
