Mad Rush Back: Virus scare takes back seat again
Hundreds of people and a few vehicles disembarking from a ferry that brought them from Bangla Bazar terminal to Munshiganj’s Shimulia terminal yesterday afternoon. After spending Eid at their home districts, people are returning to the capital. A large portion of them are not wearing masks amid fears of another Covid-19 spike in the country. Photo:
Sajjad Hossain
Star Report
Star Report
Thousands of people are returning to Dhaka from their homes after the Eid holidays as government and private offices reopened yesterday.
Health experts have been expressing concerns that the people travelling cross-country en masse will cause a sharp spike in the number of new cases of Covid-19.