Africa and Asia-Pacific: combatting Covid-19

Gary Clayton  |  World
Date posted:  1 Jun 2020
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Africa and Asia-Pacific: combatting Covid-19

A MAF flight in Liberia| photo: MAF

As an unprecedented virus disrupts the planet, MAF’s planes and people are helping to prevent the spread of coronavirus in some of the world’s poorest places.

Implementing every precaution possible to protect its personnel and the isolated areas MAF serves, the organisation has been quick to offer support wherever possible.

Liberia

On 28 March, MAF pilot Steven Biggs responded to a request from Liberia’s Ministry of Health. ‘We flew a medical team to Zwedru to test a suspected case,’ he explains. ‘A coronavirus diagnosis in remote Liberia could be devastating because there are very few health facilities here.

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