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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister and Uganda’s National Response Fund to Covid-19, has donated locally-procured medical supplies and personal protective equipment to 60 Ugandan hospitals in the efforts to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in UgandaThe supplies were handed over on Wednesday, September 2nd during a ceremony hosted by Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, and Richard Byarugaba, Managing Director National Social Security Fund who is also shareholder representative on the TDB Board of Governors and Emmanuel Katongole, Chairperson of the National Response Fund to Covid-19.According to TDB, the donation is part of its Covid-19 Emergency Response Programme (CERP).The supplies include 1,060 examination gloves, 500 surgical gloves, 1,000 surgical masks with folds, 1,000 NK95 respirators, 500 fluid-resistant coveralls, 300 face shields, 600 protective goggles, 1,000 heavy duty aprons, 800 heavy duty gloves, 120 gum boots, 500 cotton wools, 480 safety boxes, 300 fluid resistant gowns, 500 sanitizers, 500 sodium hypochlorite, and 100 infra-red thermometers.On behalf of TDB, Byarugaba said the donation will enhance Ugandan hospitals and health care workers’ level of preparedness to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and make sure that they, themselves, are adequately protected to continue helping othersCommenting on the donation, TDB president and Chief Executive Admassu Tadesse said the Bank is delighted to contribute to the efforts deployed by the Government of Uganda towards the fight against Covid-19. “Indeed, we are working hard in tandem with various partners in our Member States to curb the spread of the virus and mitigate its impact. This urgent action complements the reprioritized financing interventions we are rolling-out for enterprises, sovereigns and financial institutions via TDB’s operations complex. It is only by acting in solidarity that will shall defeat this common enemy,”…