Bangladesh Locks Down As Daily COVID Cases Quintuple

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The coronavirus has silenced even Dhaka's cacophony.

The notoriously traffic-clogged streets of Bangladesh's capital were eerily empty Thursday, save for soldiers on patrol on the first day of a national lockdown imposed after daily tallies of new coronavirus infections nearly quintupled over the past month.

Fueled by the delta variant first detected in neighboring India, this is Bangladesh's third COVID-19 wave. It has hit fast on the heels of a springtime second wave, and during a shortage in vaccine doses. In some poorer countries with low vaccination rates, like Bangladesh, coronavirus cases are surging, even as Western nations open up.
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Less than 3% of Bangladeshis are fully vaccinated.

On Thursday, troops in camouflage and surgical masks set up barricades in Dhaka and used megaphones to order residents into their homes for at least seven days. - NPR

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spoken of a great crisis and indicated possible willingness to accept outside help, without mentioning the virus or that its shutdown didn't work. It's believed China would provide vaccines.