Bangladesh, US to work together for improving healthcare: Maleque

Health and Family Planning Minister Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh and the US will work together for improving the healthcare system to handle any future pandemic.

"The US provided support including vaccine donations to Bangladesh to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic," he told a bilateral meeting held between Bangladesh and the US on the sidelines at the World Health Assembly in Switzerland, an official release reads.

Recalling support of the US government during the Covid-19 pandemic, the health minister said, "Bangladesh has brought all eligible people under Covid-19 vaccine coverage as the US donated a significant number of vaccines to prevent the spread of the deadly virus."

Maleque said Bangladesh has become a role model for controlling coronavirus as the country successfully handled three waves of the deadly virus.

"When almost the entire world was struggling to combat the lethal virus...we have taken multiple measures under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to protect the lives of the people from the disease," he added.