Jack Ma announced on Twitter today that the second batch of donations to Africa from the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation has already been sent out.
This batch of emergency medical and anti-epidemic materials includes 500 ventilators, 1 million sets of virus sampling equipment and extraction reagents, 200,000 sets of protective clothing and protective masks, 2,000 warming guns and 500,000 pairs of gloves.
Our second donation to 54 countries in Africa is on the way. That includes 500 ventilators, 200K suits & face shields, 2K thermometers, 1M swabs & extraction kits and 500K gloves. Thank you @AbiyAhmedAli @flyethiopian @AfricaCDC @WFP for your partnership. Stay safe Africa!
— Jack Ma (@JackMa) April 6, 2020
Prior to this, the Jack Ma Charitable Foundation had donated 100,000 masks, 1,000 pieces of protective clothing and 1,000 pieces of protective masks to each of 54 countries in Africa. And donate 20,000 test kits to each African country and will immediately cooperate with medical institutions in African countries to provide online training materials for clinical treatment of new coronavirus.
The following is the full text of Jack Ma Twitter:
Our second donation to 54 countries in Africa is on the way. That includes 500 ventilators, 200K suits & face shields, 2K thermometers, 1M swabs & extraction kits and 500K gloves. Thank you @AbiyAhmedAli, @flyethiopian, @AfricaCDC, @WFP for your partnership. Stay safe Africa!
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