Staff Correspondent: Following the Prime Minister's directive, the government has instructed the mobile courts to be more stringent to make it mandatory for everyone to wear a mask to protect themselves from the second wave of Covid-19.

Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam made the remarks after a virtual cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (November 23rd).

The Cabinet Secretary said that the issue of masks was coming up very strongly again in the unscheduled talks. Several thousand people were fined yesterday. We said to see one more week, motivate people more. Then go to a little stronger punishment.

Asked what the strong punishment would be, the cabinet secretary said the fine could be increased. Maybe he is fining one thousand Taka, five hundred Taka, he made it five thousand Taka. That's how we said to go a little stronger way. Those who run mobile courts will also carry masks so that people can be paid with fines.

The religious secretary was present at the meeting of the divisional commissioner yesterday, they have been told. The education secretary has also been told to campaign more massively in their respective fields.

"Mobile courts have been set up in 37 places in Dhaka city yesterday, " he said.

Regarding the directives of the Prime Minister, the Cabinet Secretary said that in any way to promote people more and more, force people to use masks in any way. Medications will not work if anyone does not use a mask.

Anwarul Islam said the health minister had told that the virus is not spreading in Dhaka division as much as it was outside. Because we are looking at the condition of the hospital. The number of patients in the hospital has increased. In Dhaka city where there were 300 patients 15 days ago, yesterday it has become maybe 600.