Garment factories in Bangladesh are reportedly 'under pressure' from brands to meet export deadlines.
Hundreds of those factories had resumed operations over the weekend in the industrial areas of Gazipur and Ashulia, just outside the capital Dhaka.
Some 200,000 workers were likely back at work just in Ashulia, police spokeswoman Jane Alam told Agence France-Presse ."The fear of coronavirus is there," he told AFP.Labor rights leaders said they were fearful the return to work could spark an explosion of COVID-19 cases. "Its impact could be worse than Rana Plaza," said activist Kalpona Akter, referring to the collapse of a garment factory complex in 2013 that killed 1,130 workers.
Bangladesh, a nation of 168 million people, has almost 5,500 confirmed COVID-19 infections and 145 deaths, according to the government.– Rappler.com
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