Saudi Arabia sent on Monday medical supplies to Yemen to help combat the coronavirus outbreak in the war-torn country.
The supplies come at a request from the World Health Organization, and within the continuous support provided by the Joint Coalition Forces Command to facilitate the work of UN organizations and international non-government organizations in Yemen.
Official sources said that a Royal Saudi Air Force transport plane, carrying medical supplies in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) arrived at Aden International Airport.
Announcing details of the airlift, the World Health Organization (WHO) thanked the Kingdom.
“Special thanks to Saudi Arabia for airlifting critical WHO supplies to Yemen, including personal protective items for health workers and lab screening tests for Aden and Sanaa. The shipment also includes trauma medicines and supplies to support the ongoing response to the crisis,” WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean said in a tweet.
Earlier in the week, the Yemeni government received medical assistance worth $3.5 million from KSRelief, including medications and supplies.
Also on Monday, Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Nagib al-Aweg, announced that the World Bank (WB) and International Finance Cooperation (IFC) allocated $26.7 million in assistance for Yemen to help the government control coronavirus.
Al-Aweg and the Executive Director of the WB Merza Hassab discussed the allocated assistance after the Yemeni government had asked the WB and IFC to support its efforts aiming to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and its social and economic implications.
Meanwhile, Yemen’s Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed said that that universities and schools would be suspended from March 23 until May 30 to curb the spread of coronavirus.
