United States increases humanitarian aid to Ukraine to tackle COVID-19

05.05.2020 09:13

Ukrinform

The U.S. Government has extended humanitarian assistance to Ukraine to tackle the coronavirus COVID-19 spread, according to the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States.

The U.S. Government will allocate USD 12.1 million in medical and humanitarian aid through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the International Disaster Assistance program, the embassy wrote on Monday evening.

In particular, these funds will be used to improve capacities of local healthcare institutions in providing care to patients and counteracting the coronavirus spread.

The embassy added that USD 2.4 million of humanitarian aid would be allocated through the U.S. Department of State under the Migration and Refugee Assistance program to support the most vulnerable populations during the pandemic.

As reported, the U.S. government extended humanitarian assistance to Ukraine from $1.2 million announced earlier to $9.1 million to tackle the coronavirus spread.