With the support of the United Arab Emirates, the World Health Organization provided medical supplies and equipment to Iran, as part of its efforts to contain the emerging Corona Virus "Covid 19", and a UAE Air Force plane transported 7.5 tons of supplies from the International Humanitarian City in Dubai to Iran, yesterday.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Edhanum Ghabrius, expressed his great thanks and gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and the government of the United Arab Emirates, for the support provided by providing an aircraft that enabled the team of experts and supplies The Ministry of Health was successfully arriving yesterday in Iran as part of efforts to contain the emerging corona virus.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, during a press conference in Geneva, said that the team will work with health authorities in Iran to review ongoing preparedness and response efforts, visit relevant health facilities and laboratories, and agree on priority control measures. The International City for Humanitarian Services in Dubai has packaged and shipped supplies that include hundreds of thousands of gloves, surgical masks and related materials that will help about 15,000 people and health-care workers in Iran, as the city is the largest logistics center for humanitarian services and relief materials in the world.
The shipment includes laboratory diagnostic tools that will be used to test thousands of people and support efforts to control the virus.
The Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for International Development Affairs, Sultan Al Shamsi, said in a statement to Emirates News Agency "WAM" that the UAE is carrying out this task in cooperation with the World Health Organization and the International City for Humanitarian Services, which is among the most important centers of humanitarian services in the world.
For his part, Acting Regional Emergency Director for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Richard Brennan, confirmed that the organization could not do this task without the support of the UAE, adding: “Iran has reported the largest number of HIV infections in the Middle East. And medical supplies will help her contain the virus, and this partnership is extremely important to address this crisis, and we appreciate the support of the UAE in this task. ”
World Health: “Medical supplies will help Iran, and we appreciate the support of the UAE in our mission.”
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A thousand people and health care workers in Iran are receiving aid.