Ambassador Huang: China will donate 100,000 test kits and other medical supplies to the Philippines

2020/03/18

On 18 March 2020, Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian informed the Philippine government of Chinese government ' s decision to donate medical supplies to the Philippines to aid the latter ' s fight against COVID-19 epidemic. The assistance includes 100,000 test kits, 100,000 surgical masks , 10,000 N95 mask s, and 10,000 sets of personal protective equipment .

The Chinese Embassy has been closely communicating with Department of Health (DOH) to ensure a speedy receiving of the aforesaid donations so as to contribute to Philippine Government ' s efforts in fighting the epidemic and benefit the Filipinos as soon as possible. prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /

Ambassador Huang reaffirms that the Philippines continues to stand close in China's heart as our centuries-long relationship has shown. The Chinese people stands ready to help their Philippine brothers and sisters to go through this difficult time.