Yesterday, the UAE sent an aid plane containing eight tons of medical supplies and test devices to Burkina Faso, to support the efforts of 8,000 health care workers, and to enhance their efforts in countering and curbing the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
“From the pioneering and humanitarian role of the Emirates in providing aid in times of crisis, and harnessing all capabilities to help African countries on the basis of mutual respect, an aid plane has been dispatched To Burkina Faso, it contains urgent medical supplies needed to combat the emerging Corona Virus pandemic, and to help medical personnel do their part better. ”
He added: “An aid plane was also sent to Burkina Faso during the month of June, under the direction of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in coordination and support by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Health Organization The plane carried about 100 tons of aid on board, and exited the International City for Humanitarian Services in Dubai to relief hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced people in Burkina Faso, following the announcement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees of a state of emergency in the Central Coast region of Burkina Faso on the need for aid, to protect and assist more than 600,000 displaced people, coinciding with International Refugee Day, which falls on June 20 ».
It is worth noting that the UAE has provided more than 1087 tons of aid to more than 73 countries, benefiting about a million medical workers.