By BONGUMUSA SIMELANE | 2020-05-05

The Republic of China (Taiwan) has donated 60 000 surgical masks, seven thermal imaging cameras and three ventilators.

The donation was  held at the Republic of China (Taiwan) Embassy yesterday. The donation was received by  Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi who was accompanied by Principal Secretary Dr. Simon Zwane.

Ambassador of  Taiwan to Eswatini  Jeremy Liang said the items would assist frontline personnel in carrying out a world class care and would also help safeguard the health and wellbeing of the people.

He said Taiwan would help the ministry and the National Disaster Management Agency to continue delivering a robust response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The embassy is proud to be at the forefront of these efforts. It’s also willing and able to share the globally acclaimed Taiwan model and resources,” said Liang.

The ambassador further said his country would make sure that cooperation in this crucial area continues at a pace with one outcome in mind; leave no one behind. 

The ambassador also thanked the minister, NDMA, international partners and all personnel for the unflagging dedication and tireless hard work they have shown in this difficult period. Liang expressed his deepest and most heartfelt appreciation to His Majesty King Mswati III for requesting and facilitating the arrival of the Taiwan medical team.

“Such compassion and love for the people of the beautiful kingdom of Eswatini remains a model of peace and stability in Africa,” he said.

this would keep the country moving along the path towards realising the National Development Strategy, which is vision 2022.

Eswatini to learn a lot from Taiwan – Minister

meanwhile, Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi said Eswatini would learn a lot from the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Nkosi said Taiwan showed robust approach to the global pandemic and Eswatini would  take a leaf from them. She said with Taiwan’s expertise, Eswatini would learn a lot in terms of facing and addressing the challenges brought by COVID-19.

Nkosi added that the experts would fill in the skills gaps that have been identified through improving clinical management of COVID-19 cases at Lubombo Referral Hospital and other centres through fine-tuning treatment protocols.

The experts will also train the COVID-19 team at Lubombo Referral hospital and other regional hospitals and advise the public health team to inform the direction of the COVID-19 response according to the evidence of cases confirmed daily.

She hailed the arrival of the experts and the equipment, saying it was on time. She went on to say that government of Eswatini was looking forward to working with the Taiwan experts to fine-tune the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and minimising deaths.

“The country continues to see the steep increase in number of COVID-19 cases.

 The regional rapid response team continues to aggressively trace contacts of each and every one of the confirmed cases such that the majority of the cases confirmed are now contacts,” she said.

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