The district administration has announced a seven-day special lockdown in six Noakhali unions to break the surge in Covid-19 transmission.
The unions are - Noyannai, Binodpur, Qadir Hanif, Neyazpur, Ashwadia, and Noakhali under Sadar upazila and municipality.
The restrictions come into effect at 6am on Saturday, and remain in place till June 11.
Md Khorshed Alam, deputy commissioner of Noakhali, revealed it to the press on Friday following a meeting of the district Corona prevention committee.
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Around 589 people tested positive for Covid-19 and four died in the last seven days in the district.
Lockdown in districts
Apart from Noakhali, the administrations of frontier districts including Rajshahi, Khulna, Satkhira, and parts of Naogaon have imposed lockdown and restrictions to stop the spike in coronavirus cases.
District administrations have been given the authority to enforce lockdown in their areas if the Covid-19 situation deteriorates there.