Date : 04/2020

Country/Region : GENEVA; UKRAINE

Title : Ukraine : medical material sent to Donbas region to slow the spread of COVID-19

Duration : 00:03:46

Director : REVOL, Didier

Cameraman : MOUCHET, Louis

Editor : MOUCHET, Louis

Keyword : INFECTIOUS DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

Person appearing :
REISACHER, Karl (staff member, ICRC)

Confidentiality level : public

Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions

Copyright : ICRC

Production company : ICRC

ICRC producer :
REVOL, Didier

Description : Wednesday 1 April late at night, a cargo plane sent by the Ukrainian authorities to Switzerland left Geneva for Kyiv with 14 tons of medical material. This material is aimed to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Donbas, a region where people are struggling with the threat of the virus while already suffering from six years of conflict. The World Health Organization also took the opportunity to send COVID-19 response material (1 ton). In these times of crisis, close coordination and solidarity between organizations is essential.
The cargo carried important specific COVID-19 items such as oxygen concentrators which are pivotal in helping persons who start to develop a pneumonia caused by the COVID-19. These machines are especially important to try and prevent patient having to be intubated thus needing a ventilator and necessary nursing and medical expertise. In addition to this a large portion of the medical cargo is made of dual-purpose material, which means that these items, such as disinfectant fluids, syringes or IV fluids can be used in the fight against COVID-19 as well as supporting traditional activities such as war surgery.

Original language : International soundtrack

English title : Ukraine : medical material sent to Donbas region to slow the spread of COVID-19

Colour/B&W : colour

SD/HD : HD

Resolution : 1920 x 1080

Aspect ratio : 16/9

Original material/format : H264

Best material/format available : ProRes 422