China on Friday donated more medical supplies to Myanmar to help the country fight COVID-19, the Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, Chen Hai, said.
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Chen handed over 240,000 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sports at the headquarters of Department of Medical Research in Yangon.
Chen said that China had always been in solidarity with Myanmar, providing assistance to Myanmar and will continue to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar to help overcome the pandemic.
Dr Myint Htwe, Union Minister for Health and Sports, said the donation of medical supplies and assistance by China had saved many lives.
Myint had expressed gratitude to China in a video message at the ceremony.
China has provided medical equipment to support Myanmar since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country and also sent groups of medical experts to help their Myanmar counterparts in the fight against the disease.
The number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 59,277 in Myanmar on Friday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health and Sports.
A total of 1,342 new cases were reported, with 24 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the release said.
The death toll increased to 1,376 while 43,277 had recovered so far.
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A total of 765,399 samples have been tested for the disease as of Friday since the disease was first detected in Myanmar on March 23 this year.
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