A total of 10,000 vials of Remdisivir Injection were handed over on Thursday (May 6) to the Representative of the Indian Government by the Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata at the Indian border port of Petrapole.

These 10,000 injections manufactured by Bangladeshi company BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals are sent as medical assistance on behalf of the Bangladeshi people at the instruction of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the COVID affected people of India.

This was the 1st consignment of medical assistance including medicines and health protection items Bangladesh offered to India as support to the Indian people during this deteriorating COVID situation in India.