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Medical Supplies: Special Flight Arrived In Yangon With WHO Medical Supplies

1 June 2020
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2020-06-01 10:57

A first flight bringing medical supplies and laboratory equipment donated by the World Health Organization-WHO to support Health and Sports Ministry’s fighting against the COVID-19 landed at Yangon International Airport at 10:15 am on Sunday.

The special flight arranged by the World Food Programme brought Personal Protection Equipment-PPEs and laboratory equipment worth 16,686 USD and they will be handed over to the Ministry of Health and Sports. It provides extra support for the health workers in Myanmar to fight COVID 19, in particular, the Health and Sports Ministry’s frontline health workers, and laboratory staff who are in need of this equipment and who need to be able to protect themselves at all times from the possibility of infection from COVID-19.

Under the Global Logistic Service Provision Plan connecting regional logistics hubs between Yangon and Malaysia, similar flights carrying medical supplies arrived Yangon on 10, 17 and 24 May.

On 10 May, a flight arranged by the WFP brought medical supplies including test kits donated by the Gavi (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) under the programme of the UNICEF to Myanmar.
On 17 May, the similar flight carrying PPEs and accessories procured by the WFP and medicines donated by the WHO arrived in Yangon and they were handed over to the Ministry of Health and Sports.

Similarly, India, China, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Japan provided Myanmar with the medical supplies in support of fighting against against the COVID- 19.

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