The 14-year-old has been in a brothel for three years Allison JoyceSex workers to get government assistance during this periodThe government has shut down all brothels across the country until March 31 to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Mustafizur Rahman confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Saturday. According to the Dhaka divisional office, a total of 2,800 sex workers of four brothels in three districts under the division will get the government aid. On Friday, the local administration closed down the country's largest brothel in Daulatdia that has 1,200 sex workers. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) on Friday confirmed three new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases to 20 across the country.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 21, 2020 07:41 UTC