As the number of coronavirus infections around the world nears 2.4 million, worrying images have emerged from a new virus hotspot.
Bangladesh has been under a nationwide lockdown since March 26. The lockdown will remain in place until at least April 25.
Public health experts say community transmission of the virus has already taken place in the country, which has a fragile health care system. The number of cases in Singapore has more than doubled over the past week amid an explosion of infections among foreign workers staying in crowded dormitories. This group now makes up around 60 per cent of Singapore’s cases.
More than 200,000 migrant workers from Bangladesh, India and other Asian countries live in dormitories in Singapore that house up to 20 people per room with shared facilities.
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