Azerbaijan launches project to fight COVID-19 in regions

At the initiative of the World Health Organization, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, State Agency for Compulsory Health Insurance, TABIB, and the Health Ministry launched a REACT-C19 project to strengthen necessary skills related to the measures to fight COVID-19 in hospitals in Azerbaijan’s regions.

Nineteen Azerbaijani doctors working in Turkey will be involved in the project, said Ramin Bayramli, Chairman of Board of the Management Union of Medical Territorial Units (TABIB), Report informs.

The project aims to develop basic COVID-related skills fast in the designated hospitals in the regions treating patients infected with the coronavirus.

As part of the project, an online platform will be available for health workers that will enable them to get training and presentations, video classes from mentors, and statistics.

Azerbaijan has confirmed 1,253 COVID-19 cases so far, including 13 deaths.