00:00Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
00:06al-Maktoum, has ordered aid flights to transport urgent humanitarian aid and medical supplies
00:12from the World Health Organization's logistic hub in Dubai to Sudan.
00:20Under Sheikh Mohammed's directives, the International Humanitarian City chartered two aircrafts
00:26to deliver the aid material to Sudan.
00:29The immediate supply of life-saving medicines, medical supplies, and technical logistics
00:34personnel is critical to support the efforts of WHO and Sudan's Ministry of Health to
00:40deal with the health emergency escalating crisis in the country.
00:46The supplies will alleviate critical shortages of medicine in health facilities and increase
00:51access to protective and biomedical equipment required for managing COVID-19.
00:57The first plane landed in Khartoum on Sunday, February 28, and the second landed on Monday,
01:03March 1, carrying WHO supplies weighing 54 metric tons at a total value of US$795,000,
01:13which estimated to reach over 700,000 beneficiaries.
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