DHAKA, Feb 14 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, said yesterday that, educational institutions will reopen at the end of Feb, as the COVID-19 situation is expected to improve in the country.
Speaking virtually at a function, at the International Mother Language Institute, Hasina said, students were deprived of enjoying classroom learning and the company of friends, although online education was offered during the pandemic.
She said, her government has taken measures to bring people of all levels and stages, under the vaccination coverage to rein in the pandemic situation.
“We’re expecting that the situation will change [improve] by the end of this month, and then we can reopen educational institutions,” she said.
On Feb 3, the Bangladeshi government announced that school closure will be extended till Feb 20, in an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Since Mar, 2020, the virus has spread to every Bangladeshi district, and the total number of cases has risen to 1,909,664, with 4,838 new infections yesterday.
The country also reported 28 new deaths, taking the death toll to 28,819.
The Bangladeshi authorities have already launched booster shots and started imposing stringent rules to combat the fresh spike in COVID-19 infections as well as the Omicron variant.
Also, the government recently started a campaign to bring marginal people under vaccination, which allows people to get vaccinated without registration at mobile vaccination clinics.
Bangladesh recorded the highest daily new cases of 16,230, on July 28, 2021, and the highest number of 264 deaths twice on Aug 5 and Aug 10, last year.
According to figures published by the Directorate General of Health Services, the country’s current positivity rate reached 14.85 percent yesterday, from over 32.4 percent on Jan 25.– NNN-BSS
