National Technical Advisory Committee recommended marking areas red if 60 or more persons out of each one lakh people test Covid-19 positive in Dhaka

The government has finalised the list of red zone areas across the country as per the recommendation of the National Technical Advisory Committee to control the spread of Covid-19.

According to meeting sources, 45 areas in Dhaka north and south city corporations have been marked as red zones.

The 17 red zone areas of Dhaka North are: Gulshan, Badda, Cantonment, Mohakhali, Tejgaon, Rampura, Aftabnagar, Mohammadpur, Kallayanpur, Mogbazar, Airport, Banasree, Rajabazar, Uttara and Mirpur.

In Dhaka South, 28 red zone areas are: Jatrabari, Demra, Mugda, Gendaria, Dhanmondi, Jigatola, Lalbagh, Azimpur, Basabo, Shantinagar, Paltan, Kolabagan, Ramna, Sutrapur, Malibag, Kotowali, Tikatuli, Mitford, Shahjahanpur, Motijheel, Wari, Khilgaon, Paribagh, Kadamtali, Siddheswari, Lakshmi Bazar, Elephant Road and Segunbagicha.

The committee recommended declaring any area as red zones if 60 or more persons out of each one lakh people test Covid-19 positive in Dhaka and if the number of patients exceeds 10 outside Dhaka. Lockdown in the red zones will be effective for 14 days.

Confirming the matter to The Business Standard, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said, "A gazette notification will be issued today."

Meanwhile, areas that have been marked as red zones in Chattogram are - ward 37, 38 of Chattogram port, ward 39 of Patenga, ward 10 of Pahartali, 16, 20, 21 and 22 no ward of Kotowali, ward 14 of Khulshi and ward 26 of Halishahar.