Monday, Dr. Marie Gréta Roy Clément the Minister of Public Health, accompanied by her Director General Dr. Lauré Adrien received at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport the 2nd cargo of medical materials and equipment ordered by the Government to fight against the Covid-19.

This second shipment contains in particular 75,500 personal protective equipment (PPE), 25,000 "medical overcoats", 500 complete medical beds and 150,000 N95 masks. "These equipments and materials will be distributed through the departmental health directorates," said Dr. Laure Adrien.

Recall that 5 deliveries are planned, totaling 463 tonnes of equipment, the 3 remaining flights should arrive in Haiti within one to two weeks.

In addition, Minister Clément recalled "We have identified many cases of community transmission, the population is asked to respect the principles of hygiene in order to limit the spread of the disease" https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30749-haiti-flash-more-than-200-confirmed-cases-in-the-country.html

Recall that the order of $18.5 million Government involved, among other things, 2.5 million medical gloves, 300,000 sterilized gowns, 10 automatic biochemistry analyzers, 100 respirators and accessories, 1,500 hospital beds, 500 infusion pump units, 200,000 KN 95 masks, 1.5 million disposable surgical masks, 250,000 personal protective equipment (glasses, visors and shoes), 2,500 oxygen cylinders and 9 oxygen generators... https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30395-haiti-covid-19-daily-bulletin-march-29-2020.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30395-haiti-covid-19-daily-bulletin-march-29-2020.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30721-haiti-china-first-arrival-of-equipment-and-materials-to-fight-covid-19.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30543-haiti-taiwan-a-first-batch-of-materials-to-fight-against-covid-19-has-arrived.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30395-haiti-covid-19-daily-bulletin-march-29-2020.html

HL/ HaitiLibre