China sends more Ebola aid to West Africa

“This batch of supplies mainly includes protective suits and glasses, nebulizers and thermometers,” CNTV quoted Foreign Assistance Dept, Ministry of Commerce Director, Wang Shengwen as saying yesterday. “They will be delivered to six countries including Mali, Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he said.The supplies according to Wang are expected […]

“This batch of supplies mainly includes protective suits and glasses, nebulizers and thermometers,” CNTV quoted Foreign Assistance Dept, Ministry of Commerce Director, Wang Shengwen as saying yesterday.
“They will be delivered to six countries including Mali, Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he said.
The supplies according to Wang are expected to arrive Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic Congo tomorrow, and reach their final destinations Friday.
This is the third time China is sending supplies to West Africa to help the region combat the Ebola crisis.
It has also pledged another batch of aid including hospital beds, ambulances and motorcycles to control and prevent the disease.
The World Health Organisation recently declared Nigeria Ebola-free and China has expressed satisfaction with efforts made by Nigeria in the fight against the epidemic, saying it would continue to work with West African countries to contain and prevent its spread. China’s Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Gu Xiaojie said the Chinese people shared the woes and stood together with the Nigerian people against the epidemic, while applauding the country’s achievements in containing it.
 Beijing recently donated $1million to Nigeria to help fight the virus and contributed $6 million to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to support the agency’s emergency operation in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
China stepped up its contributions in the fight against Ebola by earlier sending 200 medical workers to the affected countries and pledging more than $35m in medical aid to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and the World Health Organisation. Altogether, China told a World Bank crisis meeting last week that its effort was worth $200m so far, similar to the country’s response to a humanitarian emergency when it gave more than $160m to the tsunami relief efforts a decade ago.