KSRelief pens deal with UN agency to support anti-COVID-19 efforts in Gaza

  • Date: 01-May-2020
  • Source: Arab News
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:GCC
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KSRelief pens deal with UN agency to support anti-COVID-19 efforts in Gaza

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday penned a deal with the UN to boost efforts to prevent the spread of the killer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Gaza.. Under the terms of the agreement, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) will provide the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) with vital supplies and medical equipment to help the agency's fight against the deadly pandemic in Palestine.. This will help meet the needs of medical teams fighting the outbreak of the virus in the Gaza Strip.. Saudi Ph.D. student Sharif Hala is a biomedical researcher and co-founder of NoorDx, a DNA sequencing company, and one of the recipients of the Ministry of Health's research grant to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.. We can also provide a lot of good feedback to the treating doctors, and we can do the transmission," said Hala.. © 2020 SAUDI RESEARCH & PUBLISHING COMPANY, All Rights Reserved And subject to Terms of Use Agreement..