Intel: US touts nearly $40 million in coronavirus aid to Middle East
The United States today touted nearly $40 million in aid to the Middle East and North Africa as part of a $274 million emergency health and humanitarian assistance package to help afflicted countries deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States today touted nearly $40 million in aid to the Middle East and North Africa as part of a $274 million emergency health and humanitarian assistance package to help afflicted countries deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The State Department disclosed that a substantial share of that funding — $15.5 million — will benefit Iraq to “help prepare laboratories, implement a public-health emergency plan for points of entry, activate case-finding and event-based surveillance for influenza-like illnesses, and more.”
Additionally, Morocco and Tunisia will each receive roughly $700,000 to prepare laboratories and surveil new infections while supporting “technical experts for response and preparedness” and bolstering “risk communication.”
Finally, the State Department announced nearly $17 million in humanitarian aid for Syria and another $6 million for Libya.
