According to WB resident representative Oliver Lambert, the funding will enable the purchase of laboratory equipment and safety and hygiene materials.
Oliver Lambert, quoted by Angop, also said that work is underway with the ministries of finance and health to provide more funding in order to provide a more comprehensive response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The President, João Lourenço, decreed, on Wednesday night, a state of emergency in the country, to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, with a record of four positive cases.
The state of emergency in Angola, with a 15-day extension period, began in the early hours of Friday.
