The cabinet asked the law enforcement agencies and the local administration to be more alert and strict to apply the social distancing and self-quarantine guidelines alongside carrying out massive awareness-raising campaign to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country.
The decision was taken on Monday at a weekly cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her official Ganabhaban residence here.
“From Monday law enforcement agencies and local administration have been asked to be more alert and strict in implementing the guidelines of social distancing and self-quarantine as the coronavirus situation aggravated”, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam told a media briefing at the Secretariat following the meeting.
