COLOMBO, Apr 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – China, on Monday, donated another batch of medical aid to Sri Lanka, to support the island country in its battle against COVID-19.
The medical aid included 20,000 test kits, 10,000 personal protective equipment (PPE’s), and 110,000 facial masks, among others.
Sri Lanka so far recorded over 580 COVID-19 cases and seven deaths.
The donation comes at a time when Sri Lanka sees an escalation of the epidemic and urgently needs to increase its testing capacity.
The medical aid was handed over to Sri Lankan Health Minister, Pavithra Wanniarachchi by Chinese Embassy Charge d’affaires, Hu Wei, in a ceremony held at the Health Ministry premises in Colombo.
Vice chairman of the executive board of the World Health Organisation and Director General of Health Services, at the Health Ministry, Anil Jasinghe, said, the medical aid is very valuable to Sri Lanka.
He noted that, the quality of the equipment and test kits from China are good and medical workers have not faced any problems with them.
The Chinese government, in recent weeks, sent a huge amount of aid to Sri Lanka, which was distributed to front line health workers.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in recent statements, both thanked China for its continued assistance in the battle against the COVID-19.– NNN-XINHUA
