BBCNEWS BBC News August 7, 2021 13:18:00
Tens of thousands of health workers in bangladesh are leading a major drive to increase the number of people being vaccinated against covid 19. the country hopes to vaccinate 3.2 million people in a just week, as it battles the latest surge in cases. bangladesh's national lockdown has been extended until august 10. let's speak to our south asia correspondent danjohnson in delhi. we saw extraordinary scenes, people fleeing. many have had to go back because of jobs and families. to give you some perspective, there have been 22,000 covid deaths since