Dhaka: A Shi'i Development Bank (ADB) has approved an emergency grant of $ 300,000 to help Bangladesh in the war against the coronavirus epidemic. Information was given in this regard in a media report on Saturday. BDNews24 has quoted the ADB statement as saying that the grant will assist in the purchase of health care materials, including personal protective gear, N95 masks, safety goggles, aprons, thermometers and biohazard bags.
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The grant assistance is received from the Regional Development Assistance of the Asian Development Bank 'Regional support to deal with the outbreak of Coronavirus disease and possible outbreaks of other communicable diseases'. BDNews24 quoted Manmohan Prakash, ADB's Country Director, as saying, "The ADB is fully committed to helping Bangladesh in the fight to control the coronavirus, and is the first planned aid of the ADB. The ADB government has to Preparing to help deal with a difficult situation. "
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He said this help strengthen Bangladesh in the prevention of corona, improve the safety of health professionals from the disease, examine people to detect infections, manage serious cases and reduce the risk of mass transmission of the deadly virus.