{"id":109378,"date":"2020-04-12T07:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T11:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=109378"},"modified":"2020-04-12T07:14:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T11:14:42","slug":"united-states-nearly-doubles-covid-19-international-assistance-with-announcement-of-additional-us225-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/united-states-nearly-doubles-covid-19-international-assistance-with-announcement-of-additional-us225-million\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Nearly Doubles COVID-19 International Assistance With Announcement Of Additional US$225 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1383094132\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced Wednesday, April 8, US<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">$225 million in health, humanitarian, and economic assistance to boost COVID-19 response efforts worldwide.\u00a0 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">This assistance follows an initial investment of nearly US$274 million in emergency health and humanitarian from the State Department and USAID announced March 26. <\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-3389564387\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">COVID-19 aid from the United States is focused on helping to reduce transmission of the virus through diagnosis, the prevention and control of infections in health facilities, preparing and bolstering emergency health systems, improving laboratories, and training healthcare workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">Earlier this week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that Barbados would receive supplies for 2,000 COVID-19 tests as a result of a US$6 million contribution by the United States to the agency\u2019s response.\u00a0 These tests produce results within 24 hours, contributing to the rapid testing effort needed to contain the disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-467862273\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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communications, and psychosocial support.\u00a0 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">The United States has contributed more than $236 million in health assistance alone to the Caribbean over the last 20 years.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-4269102410\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, 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