The Gambia Critical COVID-19 medical supplies as part of the support to ECOWAS countries worth USD 14 million were handed over to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday at the central medical stores in Kotu.
In a press release on Tuesday, UNDP Gambia said the medical supplies were funded by the German Government (BMZ), the European Union, UNDP, ECOWAS Commission and WAHO, and procured by GIZ and UNDP.
Representatives from these institutions together with the UN Resident Coordinator were there to hand over these lifesaving supplies to Honorable Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, Minister of Health, the press release added.
The medical items include goggles, gloves, throat swab, PCR tube 0.2ml, gowns, pulse oximeters, N95 masks, Oxygen face masks, oxygen concentrator, specimen collection swab, PRC tubes and other critical supplies.
