DHAKA: Bangladesh is planning to implement a nationwide basic vacation on April 14 to comprise the circumstances of coronavirus because the nation reported 5,819 new circumstances of COVD-19 within the final 24 hours, together with former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, a senior well being official stated on Sunday.
The choice to execute the nationwide vacation got here because the nation additionally witnessed 78 COVID-19 deaths within the final 24 hours.
“There are plans to implement a nationwide basic vacation to comprise the an infection spike from April 14, tightening an current lockdown,” the senior well being official, who spoke on the situation of anonymity, stated.
He stated restrictions underneath the final vacation is being labored out. The entire variety of coronavirus circumstances in Bangladesh has to date reached to six,84,756 circumstances with 5,819 new circumstances within the final 24 hours.
Zia examined optimistic for COVID-19 on Sunday, a yr after she was launched from jail briefly amidst the pandemic.
The 75-year-old Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) chief’s samples had been despatched to the Worldwide Centre for Diarrhoeal Illness Analysis, Bangladesh, for testing on Saturday, Maidul Islam Prodhan, Public Relations Officer of the Well being Ministry, was quoted as saying in a media report.
BNP Secretary Basic Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir later at a media briefing acknowledged the take a look at end result saying she was now being handled at her home by a non-public physician however stated “her well being situation is secure”.
