{"id":26979,"date":"2020-08-11T14:49:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26979"},"modified":"2020-08-11T14:49:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:49:50","slug":"u-s-donates-200-ventilators-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26979","title":{"rendered":"U.S donates 200 ventilators to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ventilators.jpg\" alt=\"UK doctors reject China made ventilators, say they were badly built\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government on Tuesday through the Ministry of Health received the donation of 200 ventilators in Abuja from the United States Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/covid-19-nigeria-to-gdet-ventilators-by-mid-june-us\/\">ventilators<\/a>&nbsp;will support the country\u2019s fight against the deadly coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe shall be taking delivery of medical ventilators to shore up our Intensive Care response capability, courtesy of the President and people of the United States of America,\u201d the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire said while receiving the items<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis donation consists of 200 ventilators, which, as we all know by now, are a critical component of the response strategy to save the lives of persons who have been severely impacted by this viral infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey will certainly be of great benefit to the people of Nigeria and I wish to convey the appreciation of His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and of the government of Nigeria, to President Donald Trump and the United States Government for the generous consideration and friendly gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe particularly appreciate that this gift comes against the backdrop that the United States is also fighting its own fierce battle against the COVID-19 plague. We wish them the very best in this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added, \u201cI wish to also commend the United States Agency for International Development, the USCDC and the US Ambassador to Nigeria \u2013 Her Excellency Mary Beth Leonard, for their interest and engagement in Nigeria, even beyond the advent of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">COVID-19<\/a>. Her Excellency has demonstrated personal concern by paying a solidarity visit to the Federal Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister also urged the Trump administration to support efforts to find a lasting remedy in the fight against the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI conclude by requesting the United States Government to lend its full weight to global efforts to find efficacious therapeutics and vaccines to neutralize the threat of COVID-19 to the global community and to guarantee fair allocation to all countries and people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government on Tuesday through the Ministry of Health received the donation of 200 ventilators in Abuja from the United States Government. The&nbsp;ventilators&nbsp;will support the country\u2019s fight against the deadly coronavirus. \u201cWe shall be taking delivery of medical ventilators to shore up our Intensive Care response capability, courtesy of the President and people of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>U.S donates 200 ventilators to Nigeria &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26979\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26979#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"U.S donates 200 ventilators to Nigeria\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U.S donates 200 ventilators to Nigeria &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26979","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=26979#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"U.S donates 200 ventilators to Nigeria"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Federal Government on Tuesday through the Ministry of Health received the donation of 200 ventilators in Abuja from the United States Government. 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