Rescuers in east Ukraine receive large supply of disinfection equipment from EU, UNDP [EN/UK]
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The new equipment will help reduce the risks to rescue teams as they carry out their duties during the pandemic and in hazardous operations.
Mariupol, 24 February, 2021 – The European Union, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, has provided a large consignment of decontamination equipment to the rescue units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) in Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Rescue units will be able to use the new equipment – specially equipped showers – to carry out decontamination activities for their employees involved in operations during the pandemic. The equipment is also useful for operational disinfection to protect rescuers from the effects of accidental releases of chemicals or biological substances.