Turkey Sends Medical Aid To Britain, Libya To Fight COVID-19

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ANKARA, Apr 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey delivered medical aid to Britain and Libya, to help fight COVID-19, Turkish Defence Ministry said, on Friday (yesterday).

“At the direction of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Armed Forces aircraft, which will transport to the United Kingdom, the medical aid supplies, prepared by Turkey’s Health Ministry, to be used in the fight against COVID-19, has departed Ankara,” the Turkish Defence Ministry tweeted.

The medical aid cargo included protective masks and overalls.

Also on Friday, the Defence Ministry announced that, Turkey has sent medical aid to Libya. The medical supplies were sent to “our Libyan brothers and our military training cooperation and consultancy teams, who are on duty in the region,” the ministry tweeted.

Turkey, before this, had also sent medical aid to Italy and Spain.