The government of Korea, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has provided 1,800 emergency food and hygiene packages as well as 3,000 personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies to the vulnerable communities as well as the frontline nurses of the capital’s Mugda area who have been hard-hit amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Imported cloth and seam sealing tape has reached the Grameen Fabrics and Fashion Ltd. (GFFL) factory for the production of an additional 20,000 PPEs for doctors, nurses and health personnel especially engaged at Intensive Care Units (ICUs).