Ireland supports international Covid-19 response

The Tánaiste, Simon Coveney, T.D., today announced further Irish support for the international Covid-19 response.

The Tánaiste said:

“Today Ireland has made an additional €1 million available to the WHO’s programme of assistance to combat Covid-19 in Ethiopia, building on our long term support for the healthcare system in the country.  This brings to €11.5 million, Ireland’s support for the UN Covid-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan.

“At today’s Alliance for Multilateralism meeting, I discussed with other Foreign Ministers the importance of a strong, coordinated international response to the collective challenge posed by Covid-19, in particular the threats posed to developing countries, those in conflict, those whose health systems are weak, and those coping with refugees and displaced persons.  We were all very conscious that those problems were our problems, as Covid-19 knows no borders.

“We were agreed on the importance of a strong multilateral response, led by the United Nations, if the virus is to be contained and that immediate support was required for health systems in vulnerable countries.”