DHAKA, April 10, 2020 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for
boosting international cooperation to fight the novel coronavirus (Covid-19)
pandemic as she wrote a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, thanking
Beijing for supplying medical equipment to Bangladesh to contain the lethal
virus.
PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said the prime minister, in the letter,
called for enhancing international cooperation to combat the fatal disease
and urged President Xi to play a major role in mobilizing the global
leaderships to address this unprecedented challenge.
Sheikh Hasina thanked the Chinese government for providing medical supplies
to Bangladesh and helping better prepare to cope with the epidemic.
She also extended her gratitude to President Xi and the people and the
government of China for providing large amounts of testing kits, masks, PPE
and infrared thermometers to Bangladesh.
The prime minister also appreciated Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba
Foundation for contributing hundreds of thousands of masks and testing
reagents.
Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm conviction that the people and the
government of China will stand by the people of Bangladesh during this global
crisis.
“The Chinese support will go a long way in detection of cases and as well
as protection of our medical professionals,” she said.
Praising China’s prompt reactions in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak and
its success in containing the virus, the premier said that China has set an
example to the whole world, and Bangladesh is also taking cue from the
Chinese experience.