QRCS backs coronavirus control efforts in 6 nations 10 May 2021 - 8:20 The Peninsula Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has recently made remarkable progress on its project to support coronavirus control efforts in 22 countries. At a total cost of $233,670, many activities were done to reduce the spread of the pandemic in Ethiopia, El Salvador, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Vanuatu, and Mauritania. In Ethiopia, multi-sector aid was delivered in Gambella and Oromia Regions. The activities included training community volunteers to carry out awareness campaigns to vulnerable communities, providing personal protective equipment (PPE) for volunteers and community to reduce the virus dissemination, launching community awareness campaigns about COVID-19 causes, symptoms, and how to prevent it and training health professionals at isolation centers and providing them with hygiene and nonmedical kits.