UAE has supplied over 1,000 metric tons of Covid-19 aid worldwide

The UAE has assisted over 1 million medical workers
globally by helping supply more than 1,000 metric tons of personal protective
equipment (PPE), medical and food aid to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UAE has provided this assistance to over 70
countries around the world including China, Italy, the United Kingdom, Iran,
Pakistan, Brazil, Russia, Yemen, and Afghanistan, among others.
Earlier this month, the UAE delivered 6.6 tons of
medical equipment to the UK to help it produce millions of pieces of PPE.
Since its very founding, the UAE has pursued bonds
of friendly cooperation and solidarity with other countries, believing that
nations must set aside their differences in favour of unity and the greater
good of humankind. Today’s milestone of assisting 1 million healthcare workers
affirms the UAE’s commitment to extending a hand of cooperation to the world,
regardless of the religion, race, or ideology of recipients,” official news
agency WAM quoted Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemy, Minister of State for
International Cooperation.
The UAE has also partnered with several
international organisations to boost the effectiveness and reach of its
Covid-19 aid.
Around 80 percent of World Health
Organization-procured supplies transit through Dubai’s International
Humanitarian City (DIHC), the world’s largest humanitarian hub.
Last month, the UAE, in partnership with the UN
World Food Programme (WFP), launched an international air bridge operation to
provide essential health and humanitarian supplies to nations in need of
Covid-19 assistance.
The UAE also took part in a global pledging
conference hosted by European leaders to raise EUR7.5bn to discover, produce,
and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine. It has shared genomic sequencing and
mutation data on various global databases, including the open-source Covid-19
genome database Nexstrain, to help scientists worldwide trace the spread of
outbreaks.