Pakistan: Islamabad: As an active member of the COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement Task Force, the Office helped amplify government-approved messages on the prevention and response to the coronavirus among refugees.

Pakistan: Islamabad: UNHCR’s global coronavirus emergency appeal amounted to $255 million as of 31 March 2020. Of this amount, the requirements for Pakistan come to $5.7 million.

Pakistan: Islamabad: UNHCR focused its support interventions to the coronavirus in three main areas: prevention and response; water and sanitation; and risk communication.

Pakistan: Islamabad: UNHCR donated five fully equipped ambulances to the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The ambulances will be deployed to the districts of Haripur, Kohat, Mardan, Peshawar and Swabi.

Pakistan: Islamabad: UNHCR dispatched core relief items in support of the Government of Pakistan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The relief items include medical supplies and sanitation products such as sanitary clothes, soap and disinfectants.