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COVID-19: Bangladesh lifts lockdown to celebrate, exasperating experts
People shop at a market ahead of Eid-al Adha in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jul 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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DHAKA: Waiting among hundreds of fellow travellers to catch a ferry out of Bangladesh s capital, unemployed construction worker Mohammed Nijam knew he was risking catching the coronavirus, but he felt it was even riskier to stay in Dhaka with another lockdown looming.
“I have to pay rent every month even though I have no work,” he said, adding that his landlord had been bothering him for money even as he was struggling just to feed himself. I d rather go to my village home and lead life as God lets me.”
Julhas Alam July 19, 2021 - 12:52 AM
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) â Waiting among hundreds of fellow travelers to catch a ferry out of Bangladesh s capital, unemployed construction worker Mohammed Nijam knew he was risking catching the coronavirus, but he felt it was even riskier to stay in Dhaka with another lockdown looming.
âI have to pay rent every month even though I have no work,â he said, adding that his landlord had been bothering him for money even as he was struggling just to feed himself. I d rather go to my village home and lead life as God lets me.â
Nijam is among the tens of millions of Bangladeshis shopping and traveling this week during a controversial eight-day pause in the country s strict coronavirus lockdown that the government is allowing for the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha. The suspension has been panned by health experts who warn it could exacerbate an ongoing surge fueled by the highly contagious delta variant,
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Unemployed construction worker Mohammed Nijam (Mohammed Nijam) waited for the ferry from the capital of Bangladesh among hundreds of traveling companions. He knew he was at risk of contracting the coronavirus, but he felt that he would stay in another blockade imminent The risks in Dhaka are even greater.
“Even if I don’t have a job, I have to pay rent every month,” he said, adding that his landlord has been annoying him for money, even if he is only struggling to support himself.
Waiting among hundreds of fellow travellers to catch a ferry out of Bangladesh’s capital, unemployed construction worker Mohammed Nijam knew he was risking catching the coronavirus but he felt it was even riskier to stay in Dhaka with another lockdown looming.
“I have to pay rent every month even though I have no work,” he said, adding that his landlord had been bothering him for money even as he was struggling just to feed himself.
“I would rather go to my village home and lead life as God lets me.”
Nijam is among the tens of millions of Bangladeshis shopping and travelling this week during a controversial eight-day pause in the country’s strict coronavirus lockdown that the government is allowing for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.