$150,000 Metlife grant for fighting pandemic

MetLife Foundation is providing a $150,000 grant to non-profit SAJIDA Foundation for providing financial support to frontline healthcare workers battling Covid-19 in Bangladesh.

SAJIDA Foundation will review cases and provide Tk 2 lakh to each family of healthcare workers who passed away due to the disease.

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A portion of the grant will also be used to strengthen resources and protection measures of the foundation's Covid-19 isolation center in Narayanganj, according to a statement.

"We…fully comprehend the immense pressure and risk with which healthcare professionals are operating," said CEO Zahida Fizza Kabir.

"Frontline healthcare workers are fundamental to the country's successful management of the Covid-19 situation," said the insurer's general manager, Syed Hammadul Karim.