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Nationwide Lockdown Extended till 10 August

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The nationwide strict lockdown has been extended for five more days till 10 August amid the soaring trend of Covid-19 infections in the country.

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, reports media.

Markets and shopping malls will be reopened from 11 August, said Liberation War Minister AKM Mozammel Haque in a briefing after the meeting.

Bangladesh imposed a fresh 14-day lockdown from 23 July following an alarming surge in coronavirus cases across the country.

Bangladesh on Monday saw a sharp rise in Covid-19 deaths as 246 more people died of the virus in 24 hours. 

The number of single-day deaths has been steadily rising since 30 July with a 200 plus death toll being reported for the last nine days.

With the latest additions, the death toll crossed 21,000 in the country and the case tally increased to 12,80,317.

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