Abul Kalam Azad, director general of health services, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday citing the powers vested upon the directorate by the 2018 law to prevent, control and eliminate communicable diseases. Abul Kalam Azad. File PhotoReferencing the World Health Organization guidelines, Azad said only social distancing can keep the outbreak under control as no vaccine or treatment is available for the disease. The authorities put 29 districts on lockdown until Thursday evening as the daily rate of known infections and death toll continued to jump. Bangladesh recorded a total of 1,572 known coronavirus infections with 341 new cases as the death rose by 10 to 60 until morning.

Source: bd News24 April 16, 2020 14:06 UTC