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Add to Preferred SourcesAs part of the UN response to COVID-19, a plane carrying 90 tons of health; water, hygiene and sanitation; and education supplies arrived in Venezuela.
The shipment includes 28,000 personal protective equipment kits for health workers on the front lines, oxygen concentrators, paediatric beds, water quality control products and hygiene kits, among others.
The supplies are financed by the international donor community, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, and the UN agencies’ own funds.
In support of national efforts to respond to the global pandemic, the UN and humanitarian partners are appealing for US$61 million to scale up the response under the COVID-19 Prevention and Response Plan in Venezuela.
The Plan focuses on strengthening the capacity of the health system to quickly identify and treat COVID-19 patients; supply water, hygiene and sanitation in prioritized hospitals and communities; and provide timely and trustworthy information to the public to prevent the spread of the virus.
The Plan also seeks to ensure that other critical humanitarian programmes can continue, including provisions of food, nutrition, protection and education, among others.
The UN is calling for solidarity, access and increased funding to help combat the pandemic and save lives, while urging donors to sustain funding to the existing Humanitarian Response Plan.
As of 7 April, 166 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed and seven deaths have reported in Venezuela.
Original source: UNOCHA
Published on 08 April 2020