In a report by the local newspaper ‘Daily Bangladesh’, the Matabu government issued an advisory saying that the quality of people in and around Dhaka was abysmal and the AQI sometimes reached above 250. . In a release, the prime minister said, “In this situation, the public is sensitized to people wearing masks when going out, while those people are more likely to have breathing problems, allergies and other respiratory problems than people going elsewhere. Go out only when absolutely necessary.”