Twenty ventilators have arrived the country from Saudi Arabia for the ongoing fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
This is part of other medical equipment donated by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to combat COVID-19 in Nigeria.
The other equipment being awaited before the support will be given to Nigerian government include 25,000 surgical sterile gowns, 125,000 non-sterile surgical gowns, 188,000 KN95 masks, 1,606,700 surgical masks and 9,500 nitrile gloves.
The Deputy Ambassador of Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria, Ibrahim Alghamedi, in a statement, revealed that the donation was part of Saudi Arabia’s $500 million donation to support the international effort towards combating COVID-19.
He also informed that his country has earmarked the donation of $24 million as aid in kind to 26 countries, adding that the donation to Nigerian government was worth $1 million.
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