The new variant has been detected in five provinces and is displacing the Beta variant as the dominant one.
The decision came from a high-level meeting on Saturday presided over by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan,
Microplastics can be carried hundreds or thousands of miles away from the source by ocean currents, making it difficult to track and remove them.
The number of cases is 2.7 higher than yesterday when the infection count rested at 48,698.
Vaccination is essential because it lowers the probability of spreading the virus and lowers the risks of severe disease.
Experts have argued that more vocal support of mandates and passports could help to boost lagging vaccination rates
The lockdown will be imposed from 6 pm Saturday until midnight Friday, July 9.
The country saw a total of 64,527 recoveries in the last 24 hours, pushing its overall count to 2,91,28,267.
CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Work) is an app introduced by the central government of India for the vaccination process
According to the WHO, the number of infections in Africa has been increasing for five consecutive weeks since the onset of the third wave in early May.
The daily positivity rate has been below 5 per cent for 17 consecutive days.
Nepal is set to reopen international flights from Thursday (June 24) while the domestic flights would resume from July 1.
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