UNFPA hands over 1,200 PPE kits to government

Kathmandu, April 20

As a piece of the pledge to help the Government of Nepal in its endeavors towards containing the coronavirus flare-up in the nation, the United Nations Population Fund today gave more than 1,200 individual defensive hardware packs to the legislature.

The PPE packs were given by the Government of China under the Nepal, China and UNFPA south-south organization activity. The packs worth Rs 30.48 million incorporate careful veils, N95 covers, face shields, eye goggles, head and shoe covers, long-sleeve impenetrable outfits, expendable sacks, and gumboots, the UN office illuminates in an announcement.

Getting the PPE packs, the Director of the Management Division in the Department of Health Services, Bhogendra Dotel, stated, "These PPE units showed up in an ideal way and will significantly help in our reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic. We express gratitude toward UNFPA and the Government of China."

Similarly, UNFPA Country Representative for Nepal, Lubna Baqi, stated, "With more individuals needing testing and treatment in the midst of the expanding number of affirmed instances of Covid-19 in the nation, it is basic to ensure the bleeding edge wellbeing laborers. Consideration ought to be given to their workplace just as their wellbeing and psychosocial needs as of now."