Staff Reporter :
Several hundred residents of Diabari in city’s Uttara area have staged a demonstration against the government decision of setting up a quarantine centre in their locality.
They protesters took to the streets on Friday against the quarantine facility and demanded the government review the decision.
The decision to set up a quarantine centre for the coronavirus affected individuals in a residential area is not prudential, they said.
Around 4,000 people live in the area and the government’s move to set up such facility would put them in danger, said the residents.
Turag Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nurul Muttakin said, “We are discussing the matter with protesters and trying to convince them so that they leave the spot.”
As part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, the government on Thursday authorized army to supervise two quarantine facilities.
One quarantine centre has been set up at Ashkona Hajj Camp adjacent to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, while the other at
Rajuk Apartment Project at Diabari in Uttara Sector 18.
The fast spreading coronavirus has claimed over 10,048 lives and infected more than 245,630 people across the world, according to the worldometer.
Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi died of the Covid-19 and 17 others have so far been infected.
Several hundred residents of Diabari in city’s Uttara area have staged a demonstration against the government decision of setting up a quarantine centre in their locality.
They protesters took to the streets on Friday against the quarantine facility and demanded the government review the decision.
The decision to set up a quarantine centre for the coronavirus affected individuals in a residential area is not prudential, they said.
Around 4,000 people live in the area and the government’s move to set up such facility would put them in danger, said the residents.
Turag Police Station Officer-in-Charge Nurul Muttakin said, “We are discussing the matter with protesters and trying to convince them so that they leave the spot.”
As part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, the government on Thursday authorized army to supervise two quarantine facilities.
One quarantine centre has been set up at Ashkona Hajj Camp adjacent to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, while the other at
Rajuk Apartment Project at Diabari in Uttara Sector 18.
The fast spreading coronavirus has claimed over 10,048 lives and infected more than 245,630 people across the world, according to the worldometer.
Meanwhile, a Bangladeshi died of the Covid-19 and 17 others have so far been infected.
