DM Monitoring
DHAKA: Coordinated By the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh, Chinese health professionals have shared their experience in fighting the COVID-19 with Bangladeshi counterparts via video conference. Also attended by Bangladeshi Health Minister Zahed Maleque and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming, the video conference began Wednesday with the Chinese side’s discussions on the country’s overall experience in dealing with the COVID-19.
Bangladeshi and Chinese health professionals exchanged views on emergency coordination, epidemic response, testing and clinical treatment, and discussed the treatment of severe cases. Speaking highly of the Chinese’s efforts in COVID-19 prevention response, the Bangladeshi side thanked the Chinese government and Chinese companies for providing medical supplies.
In his speech, Maleque hopes China to increase support as the COVID-19 situation escalates in the country. He said Bangladesh is now in dire need of more personal protective equipment and ventilators specifically. Chinese Ambassador Li stressed the need for combined efforts to win against the enemy. “We all must work together,” he said.
The ambassador added that a medical team will soon be arriving in Bangladesh and he expressed the confidence that Bangladesh will win this battle against the disease.
The key attraction of the conference Zhang Wenhong, head of the Center for Infectious Disease, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, in his speech shared in detail about the COVID-19 pandemic which already severely affected Bangladesh.
To help Bangladesh fight the COVID-19 impacts, the Chinese Embassy and Chinese companies in the country and beyond have already sent medical supplies including testing kits and personnel protective equipment.
