The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has sent a shipment of medical supplies to Tunisia to help the North African country in its fight against the resurgence of the COVID-19 disease.
One hundred and sixty (160) tonnes of liquid oxygen arrived as part of the Saudi relief operation by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre in Tunisia on Saturday.
Dr Abdul Aziz Al Saqr, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Tunisia, and Ali Merabet, Tunisia’s Acting Health Minister, received the shipment at the seaport in the Rades region.
The latest 24-hour reporting from Johns Hopkins University shows 8,460 cases and 11 deaths in Tunisia related to Covid-19.
According to Ambassador Al Saqr, the kingdom has proven to the Tunisians that “it stands by them in all tough circumstances”.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently donated 40,000 tonnes of oxygen to patients of Covid-19.
There were several nations who vowed to help Tunisia fight the Coronavirus in July 2021 when the north African country suffered the highest daily death toll since the outbreak began, placing its healthcare system under severe stress and reducing oxygen supplies.
After the discovery of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19, Tunisia tightened entry requirements in December.