Nato members helping each other
Following an agreement between the UK and Turkey, 250,000 items of PPE equipment to the UK, including 50,000 N-95 face masks, 100,000 surgical masks and 100,000 protective suits, arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last Friday.
The supplies will be taken to a regional NHS distribution hub to be delivered to medical centres across the country. RAF bases have been a vital resource during the coronavirus pandemic, with military and chartered civilian flights delivering resources and repatriate Britons.
The delivery by Turkey comes after 37 t of UK aid was supplied by an RAF C-17 last month to those affected by the crisis on its border with Syria, including tents, thermal blankets, clothing, food and medical supplies.
The UK has also received 60 ventilator units from the German army. (ah)