Algeria: Coronavirus - President Tebboune Orders U.S.$100m Allotted to Import of Pharmaceutical Product, Medical Equipment

ALGIERS-President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday ordered the allocation of US100 millions to the import of pharmaceutical products, personal protective equipment (PPE) and chemical analysis equipment under the measures to prevent the propagation of the new cornavirus (Covid-19).

In this respect, he called for "giving absolute priority in their distribution to the medical and paramedical corps and health auxiliaries who are in direct daily contact with contaminated cases."

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