One of Volga-Dnepr
Airlines’ An-124-100 freighters has operated to five cities in Congo, Ghana, Mali,
Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast to deliver urgent equipment being used to help
fight the outbreak of the Ebola virus in the region.
The flights to Kinshasa,
Accra, Bamako, Bissau and Abidjan carried five 20-ton containers, part of the
Chinese government’s programme to help countries in West Africa affected by the
virus. The An-124 operated from Tianjin, China.
The cargo included one-use
protective suits, respirators, glasses, boot covers and other equipment used as
part of the anti-epidemic measures being taken by healthcare workers operating
in the worst affected areas.
Volga-Dnepr Airlines is
operating in accordance with the recommendations of the UN Security Council
that called on airlines and maritime companies to ensure transport connections
with African countries suffering from the Ebola virus comply with special
medical procedures.
This latest flight follows
a delivery of three multi-purpose Mi-8 helicopters by Volga-Dnepr on October 14
for the United Nations (UN) emergency health mission responding to the Ebola
virus outbreak. This An-124 flight was operated from Moscow, Russia, to
Freetown in Sierra Leone.
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