“We had to bang our fists on the table and say no, this is how it is,” a senior labour ministry official said of the days that followed the president’s Oct. 28 announcement. Health authority data in late October showed that one in every five COVID-19 clusters under investigation originated at the workplace, second only to care homes. To be sure, Macron allowed more categories of workers - such as construction workers, engineers and nannies - to keep working during the second lockdown. Labour ministry officials say a sharp fall in infections since mid-November indicates enough workers are now staying away from the office. “We struggled to make ourselves heard for the first two weeks,” the senior labour ministry official said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 03, 2020 14:36 UTC