Stacks of Bangladeshi takaMehedi Hasan/ Dhaka Tribune'It is difficult to quarantine bank note in our country as our economy is highly dependent on cash or bank note'Bangladesh Bank (BB) is alert to coronavirus but there is no plan to quarantine bank note at the moment. Replying to a question, Serajul said that there was no plan to quarantine bank note at this moment. "It is difficult to quarantine bank note in our country as our economy is highly dependent on cash or bank note," he said. South Korea's central bank started to quarantine all bank notes on March 6 for two weeks to remove any traces of corona virus. The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has also taken the same measure fearing bank notes as a vector for the disease, according to international media.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2020 16:07 UTC