As part of UAE’S efforts to support friendly countries, today UAE dispatched 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses and other medical supplies to Comoros, including 600,000 injection needles, to facilitate the local vaccination process.

Saeed Mohammed Al Maqbali, UAE Ambassador to Comoros, highlighted that dispatching the medical supplies aimed at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic is a testimony to the continuing support of the UAE for the Comoros, through providing a sizeable quantity of vaccines for a large segment of its population, especially the elderly and those with chronic diseases.

"In the past three months, the UAE has sent three aircraft loaded with 21.7 metric tons of medical supplies, in addition to an aircraft in April 2021 loaded with 43 metric tons of food aid," he added.

The UAE has provided over 2,250 metric tons of aid to over 136 countries.

WAM