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Switzerland sends 30 tonnes of humanitarian supplies to Nepal for COVID-19 relief Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Bern, 21.05.2021 - Switzerland is helping Nepal cope with an extremely difficult health situation caused by COVID-19. Today, Friday, Swiss Humanitarian Aid, part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), dispatches 1.1 million antigen tests, 40 respirators, 10 oxygen concentrators and personal protective equipment to Kathmandu. This humanitarian aid shipment is worth around CHF 7.5 million.
In response to an exponential increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Nepal and the Nepalese authorities appeal for international assistance, Swiss Humanitarian Aid swiftly set up a crisis unit composed of staff from the Swiss embassy in Kathmandu, the Crisis Management Centre (KMZ) and the FDFA s State Secretariat. In close consultation with the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) and the Federal Depart