"We do not need a large amount of PPEs right now, but we have kept several lakh PPEs in our stock," he said while responding to journalists' queries at a press conference at the secretariat on Monday. The minister, however, said Bangladesh is ready to tackle the situation. If proper quarantine can be ensured in Bangladesh, there will be nothing to worry about, he said. Bangladesh has so far recorded three deaths and 33 infections from Covid-19, a pandemic announced by the World Health Organization (WHO). The fast spreading coronavirus has claimed more than 14,700 lives and infected over 341,000 people across the world, according to Worldometer.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 23, 2020 09:53 UTC