Turkey sends more medical aid to Palestine to help it cope with the Covid-19 pandemic
Medical aid supplies prepared by the Turkish Ministry of Defence are boarded onto a plane, Ankara, May 11, 2020.
Turkey will send medical aid to Israel and Palestine to help them combat coronavirus, according to the country’s official gazette on Monday. The supplies will include 100,000 masks, 40,000 PCR test kits, two tonnes of hand sanitizer and other equipment as part of a grant agreement between Turkey and Palestine signed on April 14.
After originating in China last December, the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 187 countries and regions.The pandemic has killed over 283,400 worldwide, with total infections numbering more than 4.13 million, while recoveries surpassed 1.42 million, according to figures compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University.
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