Thousands of Bangladeshis stranded in Dhaka ahead of sweeping COVID-19 lockdown ...United Arab Emirates

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DHAKA: Thousands of people were stranded in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday as authorities halted almost all public transport ahead of a sweeping lockdown imposed to combat a deadly resurgence of Covid-19 infections. The country reported 119 deaths on Sunday, its highest-ever daily death toll from the pandemic, while new infections have been averaging around 5,000 for the past few days. Officials blame the recent spike in cases on the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant first identified in neighbouring India. The majority of the South Asian nation’s 168 million population will be confined to their homes by Thursday as part of the restrictions, with only essential services and some ex

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