UNICEF delivered a batch of personal protective equipment for front-line health workers as well as border police staff. The assistance includes 100,000 surgical masks, 20,000 visors and 500,000 pairs of gloves, a total value of 1.24 million lei.

Most personal protective equipment will be made available to front-line medical staff to protect them from the risk of becoming infected with COVID-19.

From the same batch of personal protective equipment, 20,000 masks and 80,000 pairs of gloves will reach the border police. Border Police employees provide essential services, interacting daily with thousands of people on Moldova's borders and are at high risk of becoming infected with COVID-19. More than 40,000 people cross the border of the Republic of Moldova every week.

The lot is offered as part of a project supported by the UN Trust Fund for Partners in Response to COVID19, implemented by UNICEF, UN Women and the International Organization for Migration. The $ 1 million project, of which UNICEF Moldova is implementing $ 750,000, is funded by the governments of Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

In the coming months, UNICEF will continue to provide additional personal protective equipment for front-line workers in both health and other areas to ensure the efficient and safe provision of essential public services during the COVID-19 crisis






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