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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent 200 medical workers to Kuwait in an attempt to help the country fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Kuwait News Agency report, the new batch of 200 medical professionals includes 41 doctors, 131 nurses, and 24 technicians. They were sent to Kuwait under an agreement between the two countries to combat COVID-19, the agency said.
On July 4, Pakistan and Kuwait have signed an agreement on the recruitment of healthcare experts from Pakistan, which was signed at the Ministry of Health office in Kuwait.
Earlier, 208 Pakistani health workers had sent Kuwait to join hands in the battle against the pandemic in October this year.
Kuwait’s ambassador to Pakistan, Nassar Al-Mutairi thanked the Pakistani government for providing medical support and said that ties between the countries were “rock-solid and unbreakable”.
In a statement, the ambassador said that Kuwait would continue to work with the Pakistani government to enhance cooperation to combat the COVID-19 epidemic.
At a pre-departure briefing of the second team of Pakistani medical professionals to Kuwait, the ambassador said that the Pakistani workforce in Kuwait would help foster bilateral ties.
Kuwait’s health ministry confirmed 290 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally to 149,477, while the death toll settled at 938.
In a statement to KUNA, the ministry’s spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al Sanad said that some 3,221 people are receiving treatment, while 39 patients are under intensive care units.