Covid halts production at coal mine for 15 more days
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Dinajpur, Aug 1 (UNB): The production at Barapukuria Coal Mine will remain suspended for 15 more days as another 16 workers -- six of them Chinese -- tested positive for Covid-19, authorities said on Monday.
Production at the state-owned mine was first suspended on Saturday when 90 workers, including 50 Chinese, contracted the virus.
The suspension came for the safety of other unaffected workers at the mine, said Saiful Islam Sarkar, manager at the mine.
He said the virus forced home isolation of 450 local and 300 Chinese workers of the mine.