EU to deliver COVID-19 tests to Turkmenistan

AKIPRESS.COM - The European Union (EU) will supply oxygen generators, personal protective equipment and tests for COVID-19 to Turkmenistan, Trend reports. The delivery is carried out within the framework of EU's Central Asia COVID-19 Crisis Response Program (CACCR), launched on July 15.
The program will provide healthcare professionals in the region with a total of 400,000 sets of personal protective equipment and 1,000 sets of diagnostic tests for COVID-19.
In addition to providing the necessary medicines and equipment, the CACCR program will also help laboratories and hospitals in Turkmenistan better prepare for possible similar pandemics in the future.
This program will analyze the needs of Turkmen hospitals, and will develop an action plan for each hospital within the framework of the WHO guidelines. Furthermore, the program will provide basic epidemiological training for health workers in Turkmenistan.
CACCR will be implemented through the World Health Organization (WHO), and its total cost was 3 million euros.
As it was reported earlier, Turkmenistan received a shipment of medicines from the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO/Europe).
To the date, Turkmenistan has reported no coronavirus cases.