Singapore, 7 February 2020 – CapitaLand has dispatched RMB575,000 worth of critical medical supplies to three hospitals in Wuhan, China. These supplies were procured through the RMB10 million healthcare fund set up on 27 January 2020 by CapitaLand Hope Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CapitaLand.

The healthcare fund is administered by the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and is under the guidance of China’s National Health Commission and relevant authorities in Hubei Province. The fund is used to assist nationwide medical and healthcare related efforts in China’s fight against the Novel Coronavirus (nCoV).

On 6 February 2020, 40,000 surgical masks were dispatched from Guangzhou, China to Wuhan Union Hospital. The 500 barrels of disinfectant procured from Liaoning, China, headed for Tongren Hospital in Wuhan will be dispatched next. These supplies are worth about RMB200,000.

On 1 February 2020, 750 cartons containing 375,000 pairs of medical gloves, worth about RMB375,000, were sent to Wuhan Union Hospital and Tongji Hospital in Wuhan.