Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday extended its most strict lock until July 14 to combat the surge in the Coronavirus case led by a very contagious Delta variant, with an area bordering the care of infection.
South Asian countries reported 153 new Coronavirus deaths on Sundays, the biggest daily increase since the pandemic began, taking the dead to 15,065.
The total case was established at 944,917.
The hospital was overwhelmed by Coronavirus patients, especially in the district bordering India where the Delta variant was first identified.
Bangladesh sealed its border with India in April, but trade continues.
A wave in case has encouraged the government to order a strict control week on Thursday, with army forces patrolling the streets.
All steps have been extended, the government said in a statement.
Shutdown has triggered an exodus of migrant workers from the capital Dhaka to the village of origin.
The factory is permitted to operate observing health protocols while all office and transportation remain closed expect important goods operators and ambulances.
Some workers find it difficult to survive without income in.
“As long as the lock, there is no job.
If this continues, I don’t know how I feed my family,” said Mohammad Manik, father of two people, who worked.
As a day worker in the kitchen market in Dhaka.
“It’s not a coronavus but hunger that will kill us.” Bangladesh received 2.5 million doses of Moderna Vaccine Inc.
from the United States under the Covax global sharing scheme during the weekend.
It also received two million doses of synopharm vaccine from China.
Drive Vaccination Bangladesh suffered a blow after India stopped AstraZeneca exports by responding to a surge in the record of domestic infections, with only 3% of the 170 million population so far received two doses needed.