This coun­try’s COVID-19 fight­ing abil­i­ty has been boost­ed with a sub­stan­tial do­na­tion of Per­son­al Pro­tec­tive Equip­ment (PPE) sup­plies and fi­nances, cour­tesy the Gov­ern­ment of the Re­pub­lic of Ko­rea.

The much-need­ed equip­ment was hand­ed over on Fri­day 31 Ju­ly 2020, to Chief Med­ical Of­fi­cer Dr. Roshan Paras­ram and Deputy Per­ma­nent Sec­re­tary Bren­da Jef­fers, at the Min­istry of Health, by His Ex­cel­len­cy Moonup Sung, Am­bas­sador of the Re­pub­lic of Ko­rea.

An of­fi­cial state­ment from the Em­bassy re­ports that the do­na­tion con­sist­ed of PPE suits, face shields, and hand sani­tis­ers to be uti­lized in the treat­ment of COVID-19 cas­es in Trinidad and To­ba­go. 

“It is our hope that this do­na­tion will con­tribute to over­com­ing some of the chal­lenges caused by COVID-19 and will be a strong tes­ti­mo­ny of our long-stand­ing friend­ship be­tween our two coun­tries and two peo­ples,” said Am­bas­sador Sung.

The fi­nan­cial do­na­tion of US $100,000 in hu­man­i­tar­i­an sup­port is be­ing done through the CARI­COM Sec­re­tari­at, and goes to­wards the COVID-19 emer­gency and re­cov­ery ef­forts in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

“We al­so hope that this do­na­tion will pro­vide much need­ed sup­port to the Min­istry of Health in safe­guard­ing the pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go while al­le­vi­at­ing the im­pact of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic,” the am­bas­sador not­ed.