Nepal receives medical aids from Germany

KATHMANDU, June 8: Responding to the request of Nepal,  Germany has extended support of medical equipment and supplies to help Nepal fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Roland Schafer, the German Ambassador to Nepal, handed over the consignment to Sher Bahadur Tamang, newly appointed Minister for Health and Population, at a brief ceremony held at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Tamang thanked German government and people for their support. Hailing the German medical cooperation as a gesture befitting the longstanding Nepal-Germany friendship, the minister stated that the materials would be critical in containing the surge of COVID-19 cases and treatment of the affected people.

The German cooperation, being received under the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism, includes 62 ventilators; 27,500 FFP2 masks; 30,000 surgical masks; 100 gumboots; 200 body bags; 5 isolation center tents; and 25,000 liters of disinfectant. 

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