People's lack of awareness on coronavirus frustrates Chinese medical team

Visiting Chinese medical expert team has expressed their frustration about lack of awareness among people in Bangladesh on the deadly novel coronavirus.

The experts said Bangladesh conducted very few sample test but it praised the physicians and other health workers saying that they are doing outstanding jobs despite being fewer in number.

They shared their those views in a virtual discussion with the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) on Sunday.

Earlier on June 8, the medical expert team arrived in Dhaka to help Bangladesh fight against the outbreak. The team, however, was scheduled to return home on Monday.

During the visit, the Chinese team inspected coronavirus patients here and worked at different hospitals, quarantine centers and COVID-19 testing labs.

They gave necessary guidelines on how to control the virus, and treatment of the affected people as well as provided technical advices.