Dhaka, Jun 14 (PTI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that shielding the people from the coronavirus and maintaining normal economic activities in the country simultaneously is like a "war", a day after the deadly disease seems to have contributed to the death of a minister. She said that keeping away people from getting infected with coronavirus and running the wheels of the economy simultaneously is a "war". “We have also taken steps so that economic activities could continue running, we have been able to place a budget, this is a kind of war," she was quoted as saying in the report. “We have decided to bring the worst-hit areas by coronavirus under lockdown aimed at checking its further spread,” she said. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh reached 87,520 on Sunday after 3,141 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, the report said.

Source: bd News24 June 14, 2020 15:45 UTC