China to provide $3.5m in anti-dengue aid to Bangladesh

Dhaka tribune
Oct 11, 2023

China to provide $3.5m in anti-dengue aid to Bangladesh


Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Wednesday said President Xi Jinping and the Chinese government are deeply concerned by the dengue epidemic in Bangladesh and announced that China will provide 25 million RMB ($3.5 million) in anti-dengue aid to Bangladesh.

"Today, the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh is handing over 700 sets of dengue test kits to Enam Medical College and Hospital, which will meet the demand for tests of over 18,000 people," he said at the hospital in Savar.