Protect your areas from outsiders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all, including the local administration and people, to protect their respective areas by not allowing outsiders for a few days to prevent the coronavirus spread.

"Everyone, keep your own areas protected. Don't allow anyone to suddenly enter your areas from outside," she said.

Hasina said this while delivering her introductory speech in a videoconference from the Gono Bhaban with government officials from 16 districts under the Khulna and Barishal divisions.

She said people had contracted the coronavirus in many places as they moved from one area to another. "So, keep your areas protected -- at least for a few days. No one should move unnecessarily from one place to another. "

She urged the people of the country to be very careful about the novel coronavirus and follow the government directives regularly, as this virus is highly contagious.

The PM also asked everyone to stop all sorts of unnecessary movement and called upon all to strengthen the measures to protect themselves from the Covid-19 with their own initiatives.

Hasina put emphasis on keeping personal protection equipment (PPE), masks and medical equipment to keep free from the virus.

She directed the health ministry and local governments to take measures for disposing and dumping medical waste in a proper manner so that the virus cannot spread from these.

She asked everyone to use face masks, tissue papers and handkerchiefs, and to cough and sneeze into elbows in order prevent the infection.