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Bangladesh extends lockdown till May 16
PTI / May 3, 2021, 18:18 IST
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DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday extended ongoing nationwide lockdown till May 16 to contain the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh clamped a week-long nationwide lockdown on April 5, suspending public transport and shutting markets to combat the surge in coronavirus cases in the country. The restrictions were later extended till April 28, then till May 5. The Cabinet has decided to further extend the lockdown till May 16, Cabinet secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam told a media briefing here.
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Muscat: Vaccination centers in Muscat Governorate witnessed high turnouts of the target group for taking COVID vaccines.
The General Directorate of Health Services in Muscat Governorate said: The efforts made by those in charge of the various immunization centers in the Governorate of Muscat to vaccinate against COVID-19 are continuing with community awareness and a high turnout of the target group.
Covid19: 98% recovering but Bardez exploding; May getting scary…
Sandesh Prabhudesai, Panaji | 03 May 2021 15:40 IST
423 deaths due to Covid19 in mere 32 days is, no doubt, quite scary. In fact the number of Covid deaths has shot up in the first two days of May; 78 deaths till the afternoon of 2nd May. But, in reality, it is not as scary as it sounds, except Bardez taluka, which has now become the hub of the pandemic.
The recovery rate is almost 98 per cent while the death rate varies between little over two per cent in Bardez to merely 0.38 per cent in Sattari.
As per the Covid19 bulletin released yesterday by the Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Goa right now has 24,194 active Covid19 cases while the deadly virus has taken a toll of only 423, though these were also our precious lives.
Bangladesh extends coronavirus lockdown till May 16
At the same time, the government will also monitor shopping centres and malls for strict compliance to health safety guidelines, put in place to contain COVID-19 spread, he said.
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DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday extended ongoing nationwide lockdown till May 16 to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bangladesh clamped a week-long nationwide lockdown on April 5, suspending public transport and shutting markets to combat the surge in coronavirus cases in the country.
The restrictions were later extended till April 28, then till May 5. The Cabinet has decided to further extend the lockdown till May 16, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam told a media briefing here.
Covid-19: Bangladesh extends lockdown till May 16
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The restrictions were later extended till April 28, then till May 5.
Bangladesh on Monday extended ongoing nationwide lockdown till May 16 to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bangladesh clamped a week-long nationwide lockdown on April 5, suspending public transport and shutting markets to combat the surge in coronavirus cases in the country. The restrictions were later extended till April 28, then till May 5.
“The Cabinet has decided to further extend the lockdown till May 16,” Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam told a media briefing here.
Islam said inter-district bus, train and ferry services would remain suspended until that timeline but public transports would be allowed to operate within cities maintaining health guidelines after May 5, when the latest round of the lockdown was scheduled to end.