The Union of Municipalities of Jabal Amel received at its headquarters in the town of Al-Taybeh on Monday, a grant from the UNIFIL peace-keeping forces operating in southern Lebanon, estimated at 37 million Lebanese pounds to purchase equipment needed to cope with the outbreak of the coronavirus.

The grant was presented to the Municipalities Union Head Ali Taher Yassin, in the presence of the representative of the Civilian Affairs Office at the UNIFIL Wael al-Shami, the Civil-Military Cooperation Office Head in the South, First Army Lieutenant Sami Sabah, and representative of the Civil-Military Cooperation Office in the eastern sector, Major Stojanovic.

It is to note that this grant is part of the budget allocated by the Union to confront the Coronavirus, which amounts to approximately 300 million pounds.