Bangladesh troops to enforce lockdown as Covid death toll hits record high
Most people will be confined to homes and public transport closed, leaving thousands of migrant workers stranded
Bangladesh is preparing to enter its most severe lockdown yet, with people allowed to leave their homes only in an emergency and soldiers set to patrol the streets, as a deadly resurgence of Covid-19 infections sweeps the country.
As the national Covid positivity rate exceeded 20% and Sunday saw the country record its highest single-day death toll of the pandemic so far, the government announced a set of tough measures in an effort to curb the spread, including the closure of public transport networks and confining the population to their homes for a week.
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