EU NEIGHBOURS . The EU Delegation to Ukraine has shared a new video on its social media on how the EU helps Ukraine to address the challenges of COVID-19.
The video says that on 16 July the EU and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) provided high-performance personal protective equipment to the National Police of Ukraine, including more than 150,000 respirators, 170,000 medical masks and 60,000 protective overalls.
The supplies are worth more than €500,000 and were delivered through the project ‘Support for rule of law reforms in Ukraine in the areas of police, public prosecution and good governance’ (‘PRAVO Police’). The project is implemented by UNOPS in close cooperation with the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine. This protective equipment will help officers to stay safe while performing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every day, more than 15,000 police officers ensure law and order on the streets of Ukraine. As a result, police officers have one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates, second only to healthcare workers.
