world

July 6, 2021

Virus-hit Indonesia orders oxygen for jammed hospitals; BD extends lockdown as virus hits new record

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday extended a strict nationwide lockdown, confining people to their homes for another week as coronavirus cases and deaths both hit new records.Authorities said a record 164 people had died in the previous 24 hours, while almost 1,000 tested positive -- the most single day-infections since the first case was detected in March last year.Nazrul Islam, a top virologist and member of a high-powered national technical committee that asked the government to extend the...