The National Technical Advisory Committee on the Covid-19 pandemic recommended enforcement of a ‘complete nationwide shutdown’ for at least two weeks to deal with the worsening Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh.
Community transmission of the highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus might be the reason behind the deterioration of the Covid-19 situation in the country, reports UNB citing a press release issued by the committee.
The committee used the example of India as a reference to prioritise that no step other than a complete shutdown might be enough to prevent the spread of the Delta variant of the virus.
“Everything, including offices, courts and businesses, need to be closed for at least 14 days. Otherwise, no other steps taken by the government will be enough to contain the virus,” the committee said.
The committee also recommended that at least 80 per cent of the population should be brought under the vaccination drive, aiming to bring back a normal life.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh recorded 6,058 new infections and 81 deaths in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning.
This is the highest number of single-day positive cases in 73 days since April 12.
However, the positivity rate fell slightly to 19.93 per cent on Thursday and the death rate remained static at 1.59 per cent.
