ADB approves $2.5 million grant for Georgia's fight against COVID-19
ADB approves $2.5 million grant for Georgia's fight against COVID-19

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $2.5 million grant on Friday to support Georgia’s ongoing response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, ADB briefed Georgian First Channel.

“Georgia’s health system has been under extraordinary pressure due to the accelerated spread of COVID-19 in the past months,” ADB’s Country Director for Georgia Shane Rosenthal said.

“This grant will help to strengthen Georgia’s immediate response, and is part of ADB’s ongoing assistance to support Georgia’s health system, social protection, and the livelihood of its communities,” stressed Rosenthal.

The COVID-19 Emergency Response Project grant, financed from ADB’s Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF) with a contribution by the Government of Japan, will be used to provide life-saving services for communities affected by the pandemic. These include increasing laboratory and diagnostic testing capacity and providing personal protective equipment and general medical equipment required for Georgia’s COVID-19 response, noted ADB.