Bangladesh has evacuated around 2 million people and set up 12,078 cyclone centers, an official has said. Cyclone Amphan is scheduled to make landfall Wednesday evening local time.
People in Bangladesh are "stressed" and "worried about maintaining physical distancing"
"They're stressed. They are worried about going to evacuation centers. And they are also worried about maintaining physical distance," she said. "It is going to be crowded, but still there will be some sort of physical distancing as far as possible," she said.
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