China donates anti-COVID-19 supplies for refugees in South Sudan


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JUBA — The Chinese government through the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund (SSCAF) on June 30 donated more than 1.3 million personal protective equipment (PPE) items to refugees in South Sudan, in partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to support the COVID-19 response. Juliette Murekeyisoni, the deputy representative of UNHCR in South Sudan, said the donation of personal protective equipment will help curb the spread of coronavirus among refugees living inside and outside camps, together with their hosts. "This donation will help us to keep the people we serve safe," Murekeyisoni told journalists during the handover ceremony in Juba, the...