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2021-02-02 01:35:30 GMT2021-02-02 09:35:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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HARARE, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) Development partners have so far pledged 234 million U.S. dollars towards Zimbabwe s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, senior officials said Monday.
The support, in both cash and kind, has been targeted at eight pillars of the country s response plan, including infection prevention and control, case management and procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE), Finance Minister Mtuli Ncube said in a joint statement with Acting Health Minister Aaron Murwira. The commitment by development partners now stands at 234 million U.S. dollars. Disbursements by the development partners as at 28 January 2021 stand at 119 million U.S. dollars, the ministers said in the statement.