Bangladesh restricts border travel with India for 14 days amid spike in COVID-19 cases

By Team Newsable | First Published Apr 26, 2021, 12:52 PM IST

Passenger travel from India to Bangladesh via land will remain closed from Monday for 14 days, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told reporters.

Bangladesh will close its land borders with India for the next 14 days due to the unprecedented surge of coronavirus cases in the neighbouring nation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen announced on Sunday.

Passenger travel from India to Bangladesh via land will remain closed from Monday for 14 days, Momen told reporters here.

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"The decision was taken in view of the rapid increase of coronavirus cases in India...We are closing the land routes for passengers for the time being," he said.

The minister, however, said the trade between the two countries would continue.

There would be no ban on the movement of cargo vehicles, Momen said.

Air travel between India and Bangladesh has already been suspended since April 14 with the rise in infections.

India logged a record of 3,52,991 new coronavirus infections in a day on Sunday, taking its total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,73,13,163. The death toll increased to 1,95,123 with a record 2,812 daily new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

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