Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed all government officials and employees to wear masks while doing their duties in the time of coronavirus outbreak.
Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim confirmed this matter to media on Thursday.
The prime minister urged everyone to be aware of the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Not everyone needs to wear a PPE, she said, while addressing a video conference at Ganabhaban in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The video conference was to coordinate with the officials of 64 districts on the measures taken to contain coronavirus.
Bangladesh government has so far reported 6 deaths and 56 infected by Covid-19.
The fast spreading coronavirus, which was first reported in China’s Wuhan, has infected more than 936,100 people and claimed above 47,200 lives across 203 countries and territories and two international conveyances, according to Worldometer.
Globally, a total of 194,578 infected people have also recovered from Covid-19, a pandemic announced by the World Health Organization (WHO).
