维也纳，2020年2月14日——联合国工业发展组织将通过项目向中国提供紧急援助，帮助中国应对2019新型冠状病毒的爆发。中国常驻维也纳联合国代表团王群大使与联合国工发组织李勇总干事今日签署了相关项目文件。 

通过该项目，联合国工发组织将向中国政府迅速提供10万个医用口罩以及2万套防护服，并将向中国为应对疫情新建的医院提供处理能力4吨/天的医疗废物处置设备。另外，该项目还将为地处中国各城市以及农村地区的医院和处置中心工作人员提供培训，通过视频以及其他远程培训资料帮助相关人员学习如何安全管理医疗废物。

王群大使强调：“新型冠状病毒在中国武汉首次发现，之后扩展到其他城市和国家。这对人们的生活、健康和整个社会经济发展造成了巨大影响。中国政府为防控疫情作出巨大努力，对疫情信息采取开放透明态度，实行全面积极正确的防控措施，标准甚至超过《国际卫生条例》的相关要求，有力保护本国人民身体健康和生命安全，也为维护全球公共卫生安全作出了贡献。

王群大使还指出：“中国迫切需要该项目，以保护医务工作者，并遏制冠状病毒通过医疗废物再次传播。我们感谢联合国工发组织的大力支持，愿与工发组织和国际社会一道努力，共同推进世界卫生事业发展。”

李勇总干事表示:“由于确诊病例和疑似病例的数量仍在增加，疫情也给中国带来了新的挑战。我们需要最大限度减少新增感染者数量，包括在一线抗击疫情的医务工作人员。因此，医务工作人员需要防护装备，并且要安全地管理医疗废物，防止冠状病毒蔓延。工发组织将全力为支持中国政府与人民抗击疫情做出贡献。”

自2008年以来，工发组织一直协助中国以安全、无害环境的方式加强医疗废物管理。李勇总干事还介绍说：“我们与生态和环境部合作实施的项目，已经系统地帮助全国170多个处置中心和1500多家医院提升医疗废物处理能力。”

VIENNA,14 February 2020 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO) will provide emergency response assistance to China to help fight the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). A related project document was signed today by Ambassador WANG Qun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nationsin Vienna, and LI Yong, Director General of UNIDO.

UNIDO will quickly deliver 100,000 medical masks and 20,000 protective suits to China. It will also provide medical waste decontamination equipment with acapacity to deal with four tonnes per day for a newly established hospital. Videos and other remote training materials will educate staff in hospitals and disposal centres in both cities and in rural areas on the safe management of medical waste.

“The coronavirus disease was first detected in Wuhan, China, and continued to expand to other cities and countries. It has a significant impact on people’s lives, health, and overall socioeconomic development. The Chinese government has madegreat efforts to prevent and control the epidemic, adopted an open and transparent attitude towards the epidemic information, implemented comprehensive, positive and correct preventive and control measures, and the standards even exceeded the relevant requirements of the International Health Regulations. It has not only effectively protected the people's health and safety of life, but also contributed to the maintenance of global public health security.” said Wang. “The project is urgently needed in China to protect medical staff and to prevent further spread of the coronavirus through medical waste. We thank UNIDO for its strong support and are willing to work with UNIDO and the international community to promote the development of world health.”

“The outbreak of Covid-19 brings new challenges to China, as the confirmed and suspected cases are still increasing,” said UNIDO’s Li. “New infections need to be minimized, including among medical staff who arethe backbone of the fight against Covid-19. For this, protective equipment for medical staff is needed; but also ways to manage safely the hazards posed by medical waste. This is where UNIDO will make a difference with the support agreed today.”

Since 2008, UNIDO has assisted China in managing medical waste in a safe, environmentally sound manner. “Our transformative activities, implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, have systematically enhanced capacity on medical waste in more than 170 disposal centres and over 1,500 hospitals across the whole country,” said the UNIDO Director General.