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The UAE on Wednesday sent an aid plane carrying four metric tons of medical supplies to Gambia. The aid will assist approximately 4,000 medical professionals as they work to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
Commenting on the aid delivery, Omar AlMeheiri, Charge d’Affaires of the UAE Embassy in Senegal, said, “We are honoured to extend assistance to Gambia today as part of the UAE’s efforts to enhance the campaign against Covid-19 throughout Africa.”
“Protecting frontline medical professionals around the world is a main pillar of UAE’s strategy to help other countries overcome this crisis,” he added. To date, the UAE has sent
over 627 metric tons of aid to
52 countries, supporting more than 627,000 medical
professionals in the process.