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The Ministry of Health, through a Saudi grant, launched a project to secure medical oxygen and its supplies for a number of the ministry's hospitals to contribute to confronting the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event was held in a meeting on Tuesday between Minister of Health, Firas Hawwari, Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sidairi, and the Director of the Jordan Branch of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Hazeem at the Health Ministry.

Hawwari said that the Saudi grant confirms the keenness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support Jordan and its efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. It also reflects the deep-rooted ties and continuous cooperation between the two kingdoms under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah and his brother, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

He added that Jordan is always looking forward to more cooperation between Jordan and Saudi Arabia in various fields, particularly in the health field, in light of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic that Arab health systems are facing.

For his part, Ambassador Al-Sidairi said that Jordan and Saudi Arabia have strong and distinguished ties supported by the leaderships of the two kingdoms and their joint directives on the need to develop them in various fields, noting that this aid aims to strengthen the capabilities of the Jordanian Ministry of Health and limit the spread of the Coronavirus.

He added that this aid, 90 percent of which was delivered to Jordan, comes in implementation of the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and his Crown Prince, to stand with the brotherly and friendly countries affected by this pandemic.

The Saudi grant includes medical oxygen, medical oxygen tanks, and a number of medical devices and oxygen cylinders to counter the Coronavirus.