PETALING JAYA: Medical supplies from China to assist the country cope with the Covid-19 pandemic have arrived.

"Action without delay! The first batch of medical materials from China is on the way to Sungai Buloh Hospital," the China embassy in Malaysia said on its Facebook page on Thursday (March 19).

Prior to this on Tuesday (March 17), Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said China had pledged to send medical equipment to help Malaysia in the fight against the Covid-19 outbreak.

China’s Ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian reportedly pledged to give the country equipment, including ventilators, face masks, testing kits and sanitisers.