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A metro rail train starts from the Diabari station at Uttara in Dhaka. | Sony Ramany

The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has urged passengers using the capital鈥檚 metro rail service to wear masks as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19.

In a press release issued on Monday, DMTCL made a special request to commuters to follow this precautionary step amid a recent uptick in coronavirus infections.