COVID-19 | Abkhazia

According to the headquarters for protecting the population from coronavirus, as of March 12, 13,024 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in Abkhazia since the beginning of the pandemic. 12,440 people had recovered and 203 died. 

While COVID-19 threatens people and economies around the world, it creates unique challenges for Abkhazia. Despite the best efforts of its government, the COVID-19 virus is spreading rapidly in Abkhazia. As Abkhazia has very limited resources and cannot obtain sufficient international assistance, Abkhazia’s public health authorities have called for volunteers to help out at the territory’s COVID-19 hospital as it wrestles with the growing outbreak.

For these reasons, some non-profit organisations have started fund-raising campaigns to support Abkhazia’s fight against COVID-19.

The movement ‘We Are Together’, which was created by entrepreneurs of Abkhazia to assist the republic in the fight against coronavirus, has raised more than $800,000 and has provided equipment and drugs for the hospitals in Abkhazia.

The Moscow Abkhazian Diaspora is providing support and assistance in financing incentive payments to medical workers, both those working in the Central Regional Hospital of Gudauta and in order to attract additional medical personnel. In total, in October, financial assistance in agreement with the management of the Hospital has been provided to the amount of $25,000.

The Federation of Abkhazian Cultural Centres of Turkey(ABHAZFED) has provided humanitarian aid worth more than $250,000 and they are currently working to secure another tranche of aid.

On 28 October, the Federation of the Caucasian Associations in Turkey (KAFFED) launched a campaign to support Abkhazia in its fight against Coronavirus, and two days later, on 30 October, AbkhazWorld launched a fundraising campaign through the GoFundMe website.

If you would like to support the people of Abkhazia in their struggle against COVID-19, you can contact one of the organisations above or simply go to the GoFundMe page and donate to the campaign.

Your donation, whatever its size, will help to buy specialist equipment for the Gudauta Central Hospital (Abkhazia's main COVID-19 hospital) so that its doctors and nurses have the tools they need to combat the coronavirus. We are urging everyone in our community to come together and donate what they can so that the people of Abkhazia get the treatment they deserve at this critical time.

Thank you!

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Specific desiderata are:

1. Tocilizumab ( Actemra) 400 mg/20ml - 100 bottles
2. Enoxaparin sodium ( ENOX 4000 anti-Xa IU/0.4 ml) – 20,000 syringes
3. Dipyridamole (Curantyl) 75 mg – 10,000 tabs
4. Rivaroxaban(Xarelto) 10mg – 10,000 tabs
5. Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 20mg – 5,000 tabs
6. Apixaban ( Eliquis) 5mg – 1,000 tabs
7. Levofloxacin ( Tavanic) 500 mg – 5,000 tabs
8. Levofloxacin( Tavanic) 5mg/ml 100ml – 20,000 bottles
9. Linezolid 2mg/ml 300 ml – 2,000 bottles
10. Cefoperazone + Sulbactam (1g+1g) – 20,000 bottles
11. Moxifloxacine (Avelox) 1,6mg/ml 250 ml – 1,000 bottles
12. Moxifloxacine (Avelox) 400 mg – 10,000 tabs
13. Meropenem 1g – 5,000 bottles
14. Amoxicillin + Clavulanic acid (1,000mg+200mg) – 5,000 bottles
15. Fluconazole 2mg/ml 100ml – 2,000 bottles
16. Ceftriaxone 1g – 10,000 bottles
17. Imipenem + Cilastatin (500mg+500mg) – 5,000 bottles
18. Azithromycin 500mg – 4,000 tabs
19. Azithromycin 500 mg infusion – 3,000 bottles
20. Paracetamol 10mg/ml – 1,000 bottles
21. Methylprednisolone 250 mg Injection - 500 bottles
22. Protective medical coverall (XL,XXL, XXXL) – 20,000 pieces
23. Medical disposable robe – 30,000 pieces
24. Medical mask with valve FFP3 – 20,000 pieces
25. Non-sterile gloves, nitrile (Small, Medium, Large) N100 - 500 Packs
26. Pulse Oximeter -100 pieces
27. Oxygen concentrator 10litr - 100 pieces
28. Patient Monitor - 100 Pieces
29. Masks CPAP (L, XL,XXL) - 60 pieces
30. Methylprednisolone 4mg – 6,000 tabs
31. The apparatus of artificial lung ventilation - 30 pieces
32. 3 channel electrocardiograph - 20 pieces