The UAE’s aid accounted for 80 per cent of global aid that was provided to countries struggling to fight pandemic. The UAE has sent a total of 2,154 tonnes of medical aid; respiratory, screening and personal protection equipment; and testing tools to 135 nations around the world. 

According to Dr Taher Al Ameri, spokesperson of the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA), the UAE has sent aid through 196 medical aid flights.

The aid by UAE was instrumental in setting up six field hospitals in Sudan, Guinea Conakry, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Lebanon and Jordan, along with one fully equipped mobile clinic in Turkmenistan.

“About 117 countries received aid from the international aid organisations warehouses in Dubai International Humanitarian City,” he said. “The UAE also contributed $10 million worth of in-kind aid.”