Bangladesh sends second consignment of COVID assistance to India
Bangladesh sends second consignment of COVID assistance to India
The consignment contains 18 different kinds of COVID-related medicines which include antibiotics, paracetamols, injections/vials and hand sanitizers. The assistance was handed over by Bangladesh s deputy high commissioner Toufique Hasan in Kolkata to the Indian Red Cross Society. (Photo: Bangladesh foreign ministry)
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Updated: May 20, 2021, 03:26 PM IST
Bangladesh sent the second consignment of assistance to India earlier this week as the latter battles the second wave of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. The consignment included four trucks containing 2,672 boxes of medicines and protective equipment. The assistance was handed over by Bangladesh s deputy high commissioner Toufique Hasan in Kolkata to the Indian Red Cross Society. The consignment contains 18 different kinds of COVID-related medicines which include a
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The consignment contains 18 kinds of Covid-related supplies which include antibiotics, paracetamols, different kind of injections/vials, hand sanitisers, etc
Bangladesh sent the second consignment of assistance to India earlier this week to help with the second wave of Covid pandemic. The consignment included two trucks containing 2,672 boxes of medicines and protective equipment.
The assistance was handed over by Bangladesh s Deputy High Commissioner Toufique Hasan in Kolkata to the Indian Red Cross Society. The consignment contains 18 kinds of Covid-related supplies which include antibiotics, paracetamols, different kind of injections/vials, hand sanitisers, etc.
In the first week of May, Bangladesh sent India 10,000 vials of remdesivir. They were handed over at the Indian border port of Petrapole by Deputy High Commissioner Hasan. The 10,000 injections were manufactured by Bangladesh s biggest pharma company BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals and were sent a
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