Though the government has enforced a set of guidelines to check a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections, people riding this rickshaw without any facemasks, shows how indifferent general people are in following the safety protocols. The photo was taken from Mirpur in Dhaka on Thursday — FE Photo by KAZ Sumon The government has extended the period of the existing restrictions on people's movement and other activities until February 21 and imposed two new ones considering the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country, reports UNB.
These restrictions will remain in force from February 7 to 21, said a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Thursday.
The new restrictions are- gathering of more than 100 people in social, political, religious or state events will not be allowed in open places or indoors and those who will attend the events must bring Covid Vaccination Certificate or report of RT PCR test done within 24 hours.
Besides, in-person classes of schools, colleges and equivalent educational institutions will remain suspended during this period, said the notification.
On Tuesday, the government extended the closure of secondary and higher secondary-level educational institutions by two weeks until February 20.
Amid the growing concern over the Coronavirus' new Omicron variant, the government on January 13 imposed 11-point restrictions.
An FE Report adds: The Covid-19 test positivity rate inched down further in Bangladesh on Thursday with the authorities concerned reporting 33 deaths from the virus infection.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) recorded the test positivity rate at 25.86 per cent on the day against the previous day's 27.43 per cent.
The daily virus caseloads during the last 24 hours until 8:00 am on Thursday declined to 11,596 compared to the previous day's 12,193.
With the latest daily counts, the total death toll from coronavirus infection reached 28,494 since the virus was first detected in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Some 44,843 samples were tested, including antigen-based rapid tests, while 44,858 samples were collected across the country during the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 5,955 more people recovered from Covid-19 during the reporting time. The rate of recovery was 86.35 per cent on the day.
On the other hand, the rate of fatalities from coronavirus infection decreased further to 1.55 per cent from the previous day's 1.56 per cent.
According to the DGHS data, the total caseloads in the country exceeded 1.82 million, and more than 1.57 million of them recovered.
Nearly 12.57 million samples have been tested in the country until Thursday since March 2020.
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