(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 27 - Thousands of crowded textile factories have reopened their doors today in Bangladesh, despite the country being in lockdown until May 5, and now there is fear of an outbreak of contagion in the troubled Asian country.
At least one thousand factories, closed since the end of March, have had the permission to reopen in the two main cities, Dhaka and Chittagong, and in other centers under pressure from wholesale traders, who receive an increasing volume of orders to be exported, and also of poverty: "The workers Textiles are in a very difficult situation: on the one hand they are afraid of the coronavirus and fear for their own health, but at the same time they know that if they do not show up they will be fired. They need their salary, "writes Al Jazeera da Dacca. 80% of Bangladesh's exports are made up of $ 35 billion in turnover. The closure is estimated to have resulted in a loss of $ 6 billion against 5,900 confirmed coronavirus cases and 159 confirmed deaths.
Bangladesh, textile factories reopen
2020-04-27T16:41:29.941Z
Thousands of crowded textile factories have reopened their doors in Bangladesh today, despite the country being in lockdown until May 5, and now there is fear of an outbreak of contagion in the troubled Asian country. (HANDLE)
