The Department for Emergency Situations, through the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, as the national authority for international assistance in civil protection, will provide on Friday a transport with 310,000 FFP 2 protective masks to the Republic of Serbia, in support of the authorities, to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rescEU reserve of medical countermeasures for the COVID-19 epidemic, established in Romania, was purchased by our country on the basis of a grant worth 10 million euros, signed with the European Commission, through the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations - DG ECHO, states the cited source.
The aid is transported by a convoy belonging to the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Arad County.
Eligible transport costs will be 100% reimbursed by the European Commission, through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.AGERPRES