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UNICEF supplies arrive in Italy to support COVID-19 response

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    10Pointer
  • Categories
    World Affairs
  • Published
    1st Apr, 2020
  • A first shipment of supplies arrived in Italy today – including surgical masks, surgical and test gloves, protective suits and goggles, masks, gowns and thermometers – co-ordinated by UNICEF Italy to support health workers on the frontline of Italy’s fight against COVID-19.
  • The supplies have been delivered to the Civil Protection, which will make them available to health centers in the areas where there is a greater need.
  • UNICEF is working in countries around the world, including in Italy, to help children and families affected by the pandemic.
  • Since the start of the outbreak, UNICEF has shipped more than 4.27 million gloves, 573,300 surgical masks, 98,931 N95 respirators, 156,557 gowns and 12,750 goggles in support of countries as they respond to the pandemic.

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