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Moroccan Medical Aid Sent to African Union Commission Arrives in Addis Ababa

Arrivée à Addis-Abeba de l’aide médicale marocaine destinée à la Commission de l’Union Africaine

Monday 22 June 2020

Addis Ababa, (MOFA) - The Moroccan medical aid sent to the Commission of the African Union (AU), within the framework of the aids granted, following the high instructions of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, May God Assist Him, to several African countries to support them in their efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, arrived Monday morning in Addis Ababa. The Moroccan medical aid was received at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa by the African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs, Amira El Fadil, and Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the African Union and the UN-ECA, Ambassador Mohamed Arrouchi.

The Moroccan aid sent to several African countries is intended to provide protective medical equipment to support these countries in their efforts to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical aid sent to these countries includes some 8 million medical masks, 900,000 protective visors, 600,000 hygiene caps, 60,000 medical gowns, 30,000 liters of hydroalcoholic gel, 75,000 boxes of chloroquine and 15,000 boxes of Azithromycin.

This solidarity action is part of the implementation of the Initiative launched by His Majesty the King, May God Assist Him, on April 13, 2020, as a pragmatic and action-oriented approach, intended to the brotherly African countries, enabling the sharing of experiences and good practices and aiming to establish an operational framework in order to support their efforts in the various phases of the management of the pandemic.