BRUSSELS – China To Donate 2 Million Anti-Virus Masks To Europe. The EU Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, on Wednesday, said that China will send Europe 50,000 coronavirus testing kits and two million surgical masks. This comes as Europe battles to contain the pandemic.
According to details, Ursula von der Leyen said this in a video statement. That in a phone conversation, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China was also ready to provide 200,000 respirator masks. China To Donate 2 Million Anti-Virus Masks To Europe.
“We are ramping up our production, we are converting our production lines, but this needs several weeks. And in the meantime we are grateful for the support from China. China has not forgotten that in January, when China was the centre of the virus outbreak, the EU helped.
Separately, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s e-commerce giant Alibaba has donated more than a million masks to EU. The donation comes a day after the European Union sealed its borders, barring travellers from outside the bloc from arriving for 30 days to try to slow the rapid spread of the virus.
Europe has now recorded 3,437 deaths, including 2,503 in Italy alone. This is more than Asia’s 3,384 fatalities, mostly in China.