Extract from Defence questions: Covid-19: Overseas Territories - Feb 1
Tuesday, 2 February 2021 07:02
Covid-19: Overseas Territories Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con): What
support his Department has provided to the overseas territories
during the covid-19 pandemic. The Minister for the Armed Forces
(James Heappey): The armed forces have provided a range of support
to the British overseas territories throughout the covid-19
pandemic where it has been requested. That has included support to
local government and civil authorities in their response, through
the provision of defence planners, the...Request free trial
Covid-19: Overseas
Territories
(Crawley) (Con): What support his Department
has provided to the overseas territories during the covid-19
pandemic.
The Minister for the Armed Forces ():
The armed forces have provided a range of support to the
British overseas territories throughout the covid-19 pandemic where
it has been requested. That has included support to local
government and civil authorities in their response, through the
provision of defence planners, the deployment of critical care
teams, the provision of food and medical supplies, and, more
recently, logistical support with vaccine delivery.
[V]: I was pleased that in January the Royal
Air Force made two deliveries of life-saving covid-19 vaccines to
Gibraltar. Can my hon. Friend confirm how many doses our armed
forces have helped deliver to the British overseas territories so
far?
:
Defence has to date delivered 10,725 doses of the Pfizer
vaccine to Gibraltar, as mentioned by my hon. Friend. Further
deliveries are planned to the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar by the
end of today, of 6,825 Pfizer doses and 3,000 AstraZeneca doses
respectively. Defence is scoping the delivery of 65,850 further
vaccine doses to Ascension Island, Gibraltar and the
Falklands throughout February, and of
course we stand ready to support vaccine delivery to all the
British territories overseas.
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