Millions of people have been made vulnerable to infection with the withdrawal of the holiday,” said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. The government declared public holidays from March 26 by shutting down all non-essential services. Rizvi said the government is relaxing the shutdown when it should have strictly enforced it and increased the testing capacity as the number of fresh cases and deaths are increasing alarmingly. Earlier in the day, health authorities here confirmed the detection of record 2,029 new patients in the last 24 hours, raising the total cases to 40,321. Fifteen more people died from coronavirus during this period, taking the death tally to 559.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 28, 2020 16:18 UTC