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Rabat – The US has donated a mobile isolation unit to Morocco, with the aim to help the country’s efforts in combating the COVID-19 crisis.
The US inaugurated the 30-bed medical unit on Wednesday in Sale, Rabat’s twin city.
The donation, which is worth $1.5 million, seeks to assist Morocco in strengthening its response to COVID-19. It also aims to serve as an emergency plan in case of a deterioration of the epidemiological situation.
The head of the security and cooperation office at the US embassy in Rabat, Lieutenant Colonel Termura Shamel, said that the donations are part of the cooperation and the “long-standing partnership between the two countries.”
He explained that the unit can be used wherever medical aid is needed.
The unit is equipped with a negative pressure isolation system that allows internal air purification for parties, as well as a healthy medical environment.
The mobile hospital includes lights, showers, bathrooms, and an administrative tent, meeting health standards to help patients recover from COVID-19 while also protecting other patients suffering from communicable diseases.
Over the months, the US is among the handful of countries that have actively supported Morocco’s largely successful COVID response.
In July, the US donated over 300,000 d doses of the Janssen vaccines to help Morocco boost its vaccination campaign.
COVID-19 is hardly the only issue on which Rabat and Washington have closely collaborated in recent months.
Just this week, on Wednesday, the US also announced the donation of forensic lab test equipment and vehicles to Morocco’s General Directorate of NationalS Security (DGSN).
The equipment seeks to help Morocco in its campaign against drug trafficking and other security operations.
According to the US embassy in Rabat, the donation was part of a “joint effort between the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL).”
