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SL to receive $1.3 m from US to combat COVID-19

28 Mar 2020

The US State Department and USAID will provide $1.3 million financial assistance to Sri Lanka to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure is a part of the U.S. Government's  $274 million emergency health and humanitarian assistance programme to help countries in need during the pandemic. "$1.3 million will help the Sri Lankan government prepare laboratory systems, activate case-finding and event-based surveillance, support technical experts for response and preparedness, risk communication, infection prevention and control, and more," US State Department said in a press statement. Over the past 20 years, U.S. investment in Sri Lanka has included more than $26 million in health alone out of more than $1 billion in total assistance.


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