All must properly follow the health advices of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to avoid coronavirus infection, he added. Dhaka is currently the epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic in Bangladesh with the number of infections by far the highest. The police are enforcing the health directives and they started sending back travellers bound for southern districts to Dhaka. “Until further instructions from the government, no one is allowed to get out or into Dhaka,” he said. Benazir asked all members of the force to strictly follow the standard operating procedures to avoid coronavirus infection.

Source: bd News24 May 17, 2020 18:11 UTC