Azerbaijan will purchase individual protective devices for the
healthcare workers, who treat patients, and laboratory workers from
the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the report of WHO
mission who visited Azerbaijan on March 9-13, Trend reports on March 13.
WHO experts noted that Azerbaijan is one of 17 countries
purchasing equipment for laboratory tests from WHO.
The World Health Organization on March 11 declared COVID-19 a
pandemic.
The first batch of the testing equipment was brought to
Azerbaijan in February, and the second batch is under way.
Azerbaijan remains one of the countries, least affected by the
rapidly spreading coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The country's
official structures are applying necessary measures to prevent any
possible exposure of coronavirus.
On March 12, the Operational Headquarters on COVID-19 in
Azerbaijan issued a statement which said a 51-year old
coronavirus-infected woman, has died in Azerbaijan after returning
from Iran, where she underwent medical treatment.
Azerbaijan's official structures have set up quarantine centers
in the country's districts, which would allow to react faster to
the possible outbreak due to joint borders. Azerbaijan shares
border with Iran, where coronavirus is currently spreading
rapidly.
As a contribution to international efforts to prevent the risk
of the spread of coronavirus infection, Azerbaijan's government
provided voluntary financial assistance worth $5 million to the
COVID-19 Fund as part of the WHO Strategic Preparedness and
Response Plan (SPRP). On March 7 World Health Organization
officially thanked Azerbaijan for its financial contribution to the
global COVID-19 response.