State spent MVR four million to bring back medical students abroad
This was revealed at the Covid-19 daily press conference on Saturday night
Medical students from Nepal were brought back with the assistance of the Bangladeshi government last Monday
MVR four million was spent to bring back medical students from abroad.
This was revealed at the Covid-19 daily press conference on Saturday night.
Covid-19 taskforce’s spokesperson, Mohamed Mabrook Aziz said that 63 students were brought back from Philippines while 99 returned from Nepal and six from Pakistan.
A number of these students have since joined the workforce after completing the required quarantine period.
Noting that the country could face a shortage of healthcare workers given an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients, authorities had requested that medical students abroad to return to assist in Covid-19 efforts.
