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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Medical Supplies and Fifty A30 Ventilators donated by the United Nation (UN) COVID-19 Basket Fund has arrived Nigeria on Wednesday via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

The National Information Officer, Olusekun Soremekun, UNIC Nigeria disclosed that more equipment and medical supplies would arrive this month. According to him, "The consignment (that is likely to be the first of several to come) includes fifty A30 Ventilators and Personal Protective Supplies procured with funds from the recently launched COVID-19 Basket Fund, including $2m mobilised within the UN system in Nigeria and a $2oo,ooo contribution from APM Terminals.


He went further to disclose that "The arrival of the medical equipment and supplies will be a boost to the government's effort to provide an efficient and effective healthcare response for those affected by the virus. "The supplies will be deployed around the country to health facilities in most need due to the outbreak, and coordination structures are already in place between government and the UN to ensure urgent deployment."


Meanwhile, The UN's resident Coordinator for Nigeria, Edward Kallon informed that the said COVID-190 Basket Fund will provide support for Nigeria's health care system which is expected to come under immense pressure in the coming weeks. He disclosed that, "The world is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis and The UN in Nigeria is actively mobilising resources in support of government's national response strategy of containing the pandemic and adequately caring for those confirmed to have the virus."

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