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U.S. announces additional $270m in foreign aid to help fight coronavirus

By alternativeafrica
April 23, 2020
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London, April 23, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The U.S. Government on Wednesday announced an additional $270 million in foreign assistance to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

READ ALSO: NIGERIA GOVT SECURES RELEASE OF 60 NIGERIANS LANGUISHING IN TANZANIAN PRISONS

This brings the total global financial aid by the U.S. since the outbreak of the virus to $775 million the Secretary of State, Mr Michael Pompeo, said in a statement.

Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama shakes hands with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Department of State, Feb. 4, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Now U.S. has announced additional $270m in foreign Aid to help fight coronavirusEric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images

According to him, the new funding includes 170 million dollars in humanitarian aid to support the preparedness and response of communities in most-at-risk countries to the pandemic.

READ ALSO: SOUTH AFRICA TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL 73,000 TROOPS TO ENFORCE TOTAL COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

He said the balance of 100 million dollars would go to governments, civil society and the private sector “to prepare for, mitigate, and address second-order economic, civilian-security, stabilisation, and governance impacts of COVID-19.

“A healthier world means a healthier United States.

“Decades of smart and strategic foreign assistance has proven to mitigate further impact to Americans overseas and better protect Americans at home from further transmission across our borders,’’ he added.

Pompeo said that the State Department was working with sister departments and agencies as part of an All-of-America response to the pandemic.

He said that the move was geared toward health care support, “humanitarian assistance, and economic, security, and stabilisation efforts worldwide.

“This would see the mobilisation of 2.4 billion dollars in emergency supplemental funding allocated by Congress,’’ he said.

On March 27, the U.S. announced a 274 million dollars foreign assistance package to 63 countries, including Nigeria which got 7 million dollars (N2.6 billion).

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