Japan to provide $4m Covid-19 aid.

ISLAMABAD -- Japan has decided to release the fifth tranche of assistance worth $4 million to Pakistan to support its efforts to combat Covid-19.

Prior to this grant assistance, the Japanese government had provided a total assistance of $3,410,000 to Pakistan through the United Nations Children's Fund, International Organisation for Migration, International Federation of Red Cross and UN High Commission for Refugees for a similar support, said a press release issued by the Japanese Embassy.

Through the fresh grant assistance, the United Nations Office for Project Services will provide necessary technical assistance and equipment and material to prevent the spread of Covid-19...