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Following a request for assistance from WHO and subsequent activation of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), the United Kingdom offered a WHO-classified Emergency Medical Team (EMT) with approximately 40 personnel and medical equipment to be deployed to Bangladesh. A forward team will travel to Bangladesh on 23 December. The first part of the medical team will travel to Bangladesh on 28 December.
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The international response also comprises an Australian EMT and Red Cross / Red Crescent teams from Japan, Iran and Malaysia.
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A Diphtheria Response plan was adopted by the Government of Bangladesh on 20 December. It intends to establish sufficient capacity to accommodate 250 cases per day.
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WHO is scaling up isolation and treatment capacity in strategic locations where the number of cases is expected to increase in the coming weeks.
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