The government of the Maldives has assured of providing healthcare support to Bangladeshis in need without discrimination.
The migrant people have already been shifted from congested places to safe accommodations to halt the spread of coronavirus.
"Recent weeks have seen a hike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in the Maldives, of which a large number of the affected have been the expatriate population," Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid said in a statement following the arrival of a Bangladesh Air Force flight carrying 7,000kg of food, medicine, and medical equipment on Saturday.
"I take this opportunity to reiterate the government’s full commitment and support to provide maximum healthcare support to all those in need, without discrimination," he said.
"The Government of Maldives has also identified migrant workers living in congested places and made arrangements to move them to safe accommodation facilities, to curb the spread of the virus among those people," he added.
The minister also appreciated the Bangladeshi assistance for the people of the Maldives in combating the Covid-19 pandemic.
He also thanked the people and government of Bangladesh, saying: "It is a manifest reflection of the close friendship and the significant historic bonds that exist between our two brotherly nations."
The aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force is scheduled to return home on Sunday with 77 Bangladeshis.
Earlier in April 2020, the Bangladesh Armed Forces also provided assistance in repatriating Maldivians in Bangladesh and Nepal through a special military aircraft. Bangladesh has also sent a medical team and 100 tons of food, medicine, and medical equipment, brought by the Bangladesh Navy a few weeks ago.
