To support its efforts to combat "Covid-19"

The UAE sends a fifth medical aid plane to Colombia

The aid contains urgent medical equipment .. About 13,000 health care workers will benefit from it.

WAM

Yesterday, the UAE sent a fifth medical aid plane, carrying 13 tons of medical supplies, to Colombia, containing urgent medical equipment, from which about 13,000 health care workers will benefit, to enhance their efforts to contain the spread of the "Covid-19" virus.

The UAE ambassador to Colombia, Salem Rashid Al-Owais, said: “The UAE’s aid comes to Colombia (yesterday), as a continuation of the continuous support and tireless work that the state is doing to enhance the capabilities of medical workers in Colombia to confront the (pandemic), as a fifth medical aid plane was flown. (Yesterday), after the dispatch of four planes carrying 40.7 tons of medical aid, which included personal protection equipment, and more than 200,000 corona test kits, from which more than 40,000 medical workers directly benefited.

He added: “The UAE’s continued management of medical aid to Colombia over the past five months is a testament to the country's wise leadership adopting the approach of standing by brotherly and friendly countries in various circumstances, especially in the challenges facing the world, now, in facing the pandemic.”

It is noteworthy that, as of yesterday, the UAE provided more than 1,471 tons of aid to more than 118 countries, benefiting about 1.5 million medical workers.

The UAE has provided more than 1,471 tons of aid to more than 118 countries.

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