| Published Thursday, June 25, 2020
Health supplies donated to Professional Migration Police
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
On Wednesday, the Arias Foundation, with the support of the European Union and the non-profit organization Ayuda en Acción, donated protection supplies to the Professional Migration Police, announced the General Directorate of Migration.
According to Migration, the protection supplies were valued at $3,457, which includes 165 reusable masks, 190 face shields, 100 liters of alcohol gel, 55 concentrated disinfectants among others.
"The Arias Foundation is very pleased to deliver these supplies to the Professional Migration Police," said Lina Barrantes, executive director of Arias Foundation. "We are blessed to be able to show our appreciation to all the people who are taking care of us at the borders."
According to Stephen Madden, director of the Professional Migration Police, the medical supplies will be delivered to officers, who are working at the borders zones.
This donation is one of many delivered to the Professional Migration Police during the pandemic.
In the first week of June, the United States government through the USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, OFDA, donated 1,200 reusable face shields made of acrylic material to the National Commission for Emergency.
According to the U.S. Embassy, these protectors are for the use of the members of the National Risk Management System, currently dedicated to the attention of the pandemic caused by covid-19 in the country.
The donation was made by Tim Callaghan, USAID / OFDA Senior Regional Advisor.
In May, through the International Organization for Migration, IOM, the Embassy delivered the fourth donation of medical supplies.
In the case of the IOM with the support of the United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, PRM, the Ministry of Security received the second set of donations consisting of personal protective equipment and medical supplies to support the immigration police and other police officers who are facing the covid-19 emergency at the borders.
The donated equipment included wheelchairs, infrared thermometers, sphygmomanometers, oximeters, stethoscopes, surgical gloves, eye protection eyeglasses and N95 masks in addition to cleaning supplies such as chlorine, disinfectant and liquid soap.
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