Crowds flee Dhaka before the beginning of a strict lockdown
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Massive crowds in Dhaka have flocked to ferry terminals totry and get out of the city before a strict national lockdown comes into force.
Starting from Monday,no one in Bangladesh will be allowed to leave their homes unless in an emergency. This comes in as cases in the country surge. Many of these cases are linked to the Delta variant first identified in neighbouring India.
In its latest move, the government has decided to close government andprivate officesand ordered citizens to stay home.
The government had earlier put at least seven districts under lockdown including Manikganj, Gazipur andGopalganjamid a rise in coronavirus cases.
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The country's vaccination drive was hit after India stopped its vaccine exports due to the second wave as Bangladesh scrambled for alternate supply. Authorities had begun inoculating citizens with theOxford-AstraZenecavaccine procured from theSerum Institute of India.
Bangladesh's health ministry announced recently that it has signed a deal with China to buy theSinopharmvaccine as it battles the virus.
In May,Chinahad sent 5,00,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine as a gift as Bangladesh's foreign minister said the country would buy 40 to 50 million doses while signalling the vaccine could be co-produced in the country. Sinopharm vaccine has been given emergency use authorisation by theWorld Health Organization(WHO).