People, wearing protective suits, bury victims of the coronavirus and offer funeral prayers at a graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 6.<br /><br />Authorities in Bangladesh said on Monday that the death toll from coronavirus had risen to 13 and a total of 117 people had tested positive for the virus.<br /><br />Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sunday, announced a set of stimulus packages worth $8.5 billion to help the country's economy ride out the damage inflicted by the pandemic.<br /><br />In a speech broadcast live from her office in Dhaka, Hasina said the money would be mostly provided as low-interest loans to hard-hit manufacturers and small and medium-sized enterprises.<br /><br />Garment workers, who had first rushed to Dhaka to get back to work, were told on Sunday that their vacations had been extended and that they had to turn back.<br /><br />Crowds broke army cordons to rush on to ferries that would take them back to their hometowns.<br /><br />The country is now under a lockdown.<br /><br />(AP)
