KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — The aid promised by the Saudi government through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to help Malaysia fight the COVID-19 pandemic had arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported the aid was airlifted using two aircraft that took off from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday morning and arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport later that day,
The aid includes 100 ventilators, 150 portable ventilators, 319 oxygen concentrators, 30 respiratory support devices, 100 portable ventilators consumables, 150 electric medical beds, 15 vital signs monitors, 10 central vital signs monitors and 27 portable vital signs monitors.
The other items are three million surgical masks, one million N95 masks, 500,000 medical gloves, 180 pulse oximeters, 50 intravenous infusions pumps, 50 intravenous solutions pumps, seven defibrillators, five video laryngoscopes, five electrocardiographs (ECGs), and 10,000 protective gowns to Malaysia.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Thursday night said the aid will be officially handed over to the Malaysian government by Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Malaysia on Friday afternoon. Malaysia’s Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein is expected to attend the handing over event.
SPA’s report added the one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine promised by Saudi will be provided through coordination with the Malaysian Foreign Minister’s office whereby one of the approved international vaccine makers will supply the required quantities of vaccines directly from their factories to Malaysia.
Saudi’s aid to Malaysia comes following a request by Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein to Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz during a phone call recently.
“This aid is an affirmation of deep-rooted relations between the two countries and Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian roles towards the most affected countries by COVID-19,” SPA said.
Sources: BERNAMA