Medical team from Germany arrives in Yerevan to help fight Covid-19
A medical team from ISAR Germany (International Search and Rescue) and Caritas Germany consisting of 16 members has just arrived in Armenia to support Armenia in the fight against the COVID19 pandemic. As EU Delegation to Armenia reports, the visit is organised with the support of the EU ECHO Civil Protection Mechanism, the World Health Organisation, the Robert Koch Institute, the Federal Ministry of Health and the German Air Force. Within the medical team are emergency doctors, nurses, specialists for artificial respiration, intensive care staff and experts in the manufacture of disinfectants. The team has among other things 2,000 sets of protective equipment, respirators, oxygen concentrators, an X-ray device and medication. The medical team will be working alongside their Armenian colleagues to reinforce health system capacities and fight the virus for 2 weeks.
EU Ambassador to Armenia Andrea Wiktorin has joined Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Michael Banzhaf and together with the UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Shombi Sharp, Egor Zaitsev, WHO Representative in Armenia, RA Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts, First Deputy Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan welcomed the medical team at the airport and wished them good luck in their invaluable humanitarian mission to help those most in need of medical care.
The EU coordinates and co-finances the transport of the medical experts to Armenia, the source said.