Riyadh, May 12, 2020, SPA -- Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Dr. Najib Al-Aweg held discussions virtually with the representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yemen Dr. Eltaf Mossani to develop response plans and harness resources to meet the health system's needs to counter coronavirus pandemic in Yemen. Yemen News Agency (SABA) stated that the discussions included the efforts of WHO to place the needs of Yemen on the top of WHO list to provide the support through UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The representative of the WHO stated that the organization seeks to cover the deficit in the needs of the health system in Yemen, despite the difficulties that the organization faces in mobilizing financial resources and managing its operations in Yemen. He also stated that a plane dispatched by the WHO arrived in Aden laden with 14,000 samples of test and 1100 of tests solutions of COVID-19 which will be distributed in Yemen. Dr. Mossani stated that there are proposals that WHO sends ships equipped with hospitals to support efforts to counter coronavirus pandemic in Aden and Al Mukalla. --SPA 15:01 LOCAL TIME 12:01 GMT 0018 www.spa.gov.sa/w1326714