Covid-19: Australia to provide $1.48 million worth of PPE to Indonesian military

CANBERRA

: The Australian government says it will provide 2 million Australian dollars ($1.48 million) worth of

personal protective equipment

to the Indonesian military to assist in that country's

fight

against

Covid-19

.


The Royal Australian Air Force will deliver

surgical gloves

, gowns, masks and

thermometers

as part of existing defence cooperation between the neighbours.

Current figures from

Indonesia

's health ministry show 169,000 cases of Covid-19 and nearly 7,300 deaths.