European Union to stimulate NRs 282 million to fight covid crisis in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 13. The European Union (EU) has decided to mobilize NRs. 282 million to fight the second wave of the covid pandemic in Nepal.
The amount will be mobilized in the form of humanitarian funding, that will support monitoring of all home isolated cases through tele-health/tele-medicine services and rapid referral to hospitals, national emergency medical teams deployment and international emergency medical teams mobilization facilitation and procuring COVID-19 equipment and supplies in Nepal.
Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, said: “The COVID-19 surge in Nepal is claiming more lives every minute as it spreads across the country. We stand in full solidarity with Nepal in its fight against the pandemic. We are quickly mobilizing emergency support with initial €2 million funding. I am very thankful to Finland for their quick offers of assistance via our Civil Protection Mechanism. We stand ready to provide further assistance.”
Finland is the first member state from EU to offer more than 2 million surgical face-masks, 350,000 FFP2 masks, 52,500 pairs of vinyl gloves and 30,000 isolation gowns.
Other key equipment and supplies will include oxygen gas cylinders, oxygen concentrators, home care kits, diagnostics including antigen test kits and personal protection equipment.
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