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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed sadness to her British counterpart Boris Johnson, who has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating in Downing Street in the United Kingdom.
Sheikh Hasina also wished full recovery of Boris Johnson from the Covid-19 at the soonest.
She came up with the statement on Saturday in a letter sent to the UK prime minister, said PM’s Assistant Press Secretary A.B.M. Sarwer-E-Alom Sarker said, reports BSS.
She also said that Bangladesh government is ready to work closely with the UK government to overcome the challenge arisen due to the outbreak of the lethal virus across the globe.
“Our government will always be prepared to work with UK government in the spirit of existing cooperation in mutual efforts to overcome this challenge, and with determination to succeed,” she said
“While we’re all fighting our own battles and challenges against the spread and loss of lives from the pandemic coronavirus, I have been closely following all your timely and dynamic leadership initiatives including extreme lockdown, supporting laws and financial stimulus to protect the people of the United Kingdom from the devastation and death from the coronavirus,” she said in the letter.
The prime minister said due to all these preemptive measures, the government has so far, the confirmed 48 cases with 5 unfortunate deaths, along with a minute success of 11 complete recoveries.