Entrepreneurs will now get financial support from the government to produce medical and personal protective equipment (MPPE) for both local and international markets as the fight against Covid-19 continues. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday launched a $7.5 million Covid-19 response fund to help private enterprises procure the necessary equipment in this regard as the demand for MPPE products has ballooned amid an ongoing second wave of infections. The fund, styled "Covid-19 Enterprise Response Fund (CERF)", is an initiative of the Export Competitiveness for Jobs (EC4J) project which is ...