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The Federal Government of Nigeria has promptly gotten support and received 200 ventilators from the United States President Donald Trump. This was announced Tuesday, August 11 after a handover ceremony took place at the Premier Medical Warehouse in the FCT, Abuja.
The ceremony was organised by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID for the United States Government. It was during the ceremony that they delivered medical equipment for the fight against coronavirus to Nigeria. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard was present at the ceremony. Also at the ceremony were Nigerian medical teams and government officials.
President Trump Support To Nigeria
The ambassador noted that the package was to honour the agreement between Donald Trump and President Muhammadu Buhari. During a call, in April 2020, the U.S president pledged his support and solidarity to the country.
According to Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information who shared the data, President Trump had made a promise to deliver ventilators for severely sick COVID-19 patients in Nigeria. President Trump also gave his assurance to Nigeria saying that the US stands in solidarity with it during the difficulty.
According to the ambassador, the USAID is in cooperation with the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 in Nigeria. In the next few weeks, they will work together to distribute the ventilators throughout the country.
Being a member of the ‘Every Breath Counts Coalition’, the ambassador added that the United States is at the top of supporting the country’s membership.
The ventilators which the ambassador described as portable can easily be carted to severely sick COVID-19 patients.
COVID-19 Update in Nigeria
Coronavirus has now resulted in over 950 deaths in Nigeria. However, it is important to mention that the number recovered is still far greater especially more than that of Europe and America. More so, the infection growth rate in Nigeria isn’t doubling. It has stayed around 60 and 50% for every set of newly reported cases with 700 being the highest ever daily cases.
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