cabinet today asked the law enforcement
agencies and the local administration to be more alert and strict to apply the
social distancing and self-quarantine guidelines alongside carrying out
massive awareness-raising campaign to slow the spread of the novel
coronavirus (Covid-19) in the country.
The decision was taken at a weekly cabinet meeting with Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her official Ganabhaban residence here this
morning.
�From today, the law enforcement agencies and local administration have
been asked to be more alert and strict in implementing the guidelines of
social distancing and self-quarantine as the coronavirus situation aggravated
today in comparison to yesterday,� Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam
told a media briefing at the Secretariat following the meeting this
afternoon.