Saudi Arabia delivers vital COVID-19 aid to Tunisia

Saudi Arabia delivers vital COVID-19 aid to Tunisia

Two Saudi aircrafts containing vital COVID-19 medical supplies have arrived in Tunisia, under the orders of Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday.

King Salman directed the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action (KSRelief) to urgently support Tunisia with medical and preventive equipment and suppliesin a way that contributes to overcoming the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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It followed a request from Tunisian President Kais Saied.

The Saudi airlift to Tunisia included 100 ventilators, 90 portable ventilators, 169 oxygen concentrators, 150 oxygen generators, 150 electric medical beds, 27 vital signs monitors, and 21 patient monitors, 4 ECG patient monitors, 3,000,000 surgical masks, 1,000,000 N95 masks, 500,000 medical gloves, 180 pulse oximeters, 25 intravenous infusions pumps, 25 intravenous drug pumps, nine defibrillators, 15 video laryngoscopes, 5 electrocardiographs (ECGs), and 8,000 protective gowns.

Saudi Ambassador to Tunisia, Dr Abdulaziz Ali Al-Sager said the aid was sent on the wishes of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to stand by Tunisia to confront the country's outbreak of COVID-19 and mitigate its effects.

The Tunisian Minister of Health, Dr Fawzi al-Mahdi, extended his thanks and said the aid comes as an affirmation of the