Partial lockdown can’t be the only solution to Covid-19 surge

According to a report in this daily on Thursday, the National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 has recommended "partial or modified" lockdown of "high-risk" areas in Bangladesh. The NTAC chief informed the media that this would involve identifying and isolating Covid-19 patients and ensuring that the patients and their whole families remain in quarantine while they receive treatment. So far, Dhaka, Narayanganj and Chattogram have been classified as high-risk zones and the four districts of Rangamati, Rajshahi, Rajbari and Narsingdi have been classified as medium-risk zones.

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