Kuwait City: A Kuwait Army transport plane returned from China on Wednesday, carrying tonnes of medical equipment and supplies to assist the government in their fight against the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19).
The country's Ministry of Defense said that it was the seventh army plane as part of repatriation and delivery operations, aimed at providing logistical support for government bodies, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
The initiative was in cooperation and coordination with the Ministry of Health to provide medical equipment and supplies, the statement added.
Earlier today, Kuwait Ambassador in Beijing Sameeh Hayat said the transport aircraft, which took off from the Chinese city of Guangzhou, was loaded with 55 tonnes of medical supplies.
In a statement to KUNA, he said he was supervising an air corridor between China and Kuwait to support "strategic storage" in the Arab Gulf country to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.