DHAKA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi government is planing to extend the ongoing lockdown for another week.
The country's State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain announced the decision Monday after an inter-ministerial meeting, saying "the final decision regarding extension of the lockdown will be taken at another meeting on Tuesday."
He, however, said shops and malls will remain open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. despite the extension of the lockdown.
During the countrywide strict lockdown that began on April 14, the government closed all shops and markets in efforts to fight the second wave of COVID-19.
Later the government decided to reopen all shops and malls in the country from Sunday.
Bangladesh recorded 112 deaths from COVID-19 on April 19, its highest daily toll from the pandemic, the government said.
On Monday, the country's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported 3,306 new cases of COVID-19 and 97 new deaths, bringing the number of total cases to 748,628 and the total death toll to 11,150. Enditem