UAE delivers more medical aid worth $1.4m to Lebanon

UAE delivers more medical aid worth $1.4m to Lebanon

UAE delivers more medical aid worth $1.4m to Lebanon

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Dubai's International Humanitarian City airlifted aid material worth $1.4m on an Emirates SkyCargo plane. WAM

The UAE has dispatched more aid to Lebanon to help emergency relief efforts in Beirut. The move follows the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

Dubai's International Humanitarian City (IHC) airlifted aid material worth $1.4 million on an Emirates SkyCargo plane. The aid included almost 25 metric tonnes of medical supplies and personal protective equipment, PPE, including surgical masks, goggles, gowns, coveralls, N95 respirators, stretchers and thermometers, which had been prepositioned within International Humanitarian City by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Robert Blanchard from WHO's logistics hub in Dubai said, "Based on the needs identified by