Govt requests WHO to send more emergency medical teams

THE Government has requested the World Health Organisation (WHO) to send more emergency medical teams to support the response to the surge in the Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases.
Health Minister Jelta Wong said a team from the United Kingdom (UK), which had already responded, was expected to arrive next week.
“I’ve made the request to WHO which is the process we follow to get the emergency medical teams,” he said. Wong said the team from the UK would be sent to areas “where it’s needed the most”.
“We are also speaking to the Australian government and they are ready to send their team (too),” he said.
“The process is to go to WHO and once they put their call out, we wait for countries to (tell us) that they will send their teams here.
“(Then) we ensure that they go to the right places.”
Wong said China would also assist and an Indonesian-Philippines group of nurses would also come to help. They will be here for three months. Health workers have been trying hard to cope with the load with some already affected by the Covid-19.