Kosovo Pandemic Emergency Financing RETF

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Grant will finance the procurement of laboratory diagnostic tests, equipment and supplies for molecular and serological testing for SARS CoV 2. This TF will trigger paragraph 12 of Section III of the IPF Policy to respond to the urgent needs for assistance with the health system response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kosovo meets the definition of a country experiencing an urgent need of assistance as a result of a natural disaster, given the declarations of a global pandemic by the WHO and a national public health emergency by the Government, as well as the urgent requests for equipment and supplies for prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The application of Paragraph 12 of Section III of the IPF Policy to the “Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility” will facilitate a rapid response by the World Bank to these urgent needs.