Mohamed bin Zayed orders dispatch of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Tunisia

Abu Dhabi: His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday ordered the dispatch of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Tunisia to assist it within the combat in opposition to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sheikh Mohammed obtained a phone name from Tunisian President Kais Saied, throughout which they mentioned bilateral relations and methods to improve cooperation between the 2 brotherly nations in all fields, in addition to the most recent developments of COVID-19 and its well being, humanitarian and social impacts. Sheikh Mohammed emphasised the UAE’s keenness to help Tunisia with its efforts to curb the impression of COVID-19 and prayed for the security and safety of the Tunisian individuals.

Tunisia is scuffling with the COVID-19 pandemic because the north African Arab nation has been recording a spike in its every day new infections and demise tolls for the reason that pandemic started, placing its well being care system below extreme stress and depleting oxygen provides.