Coronavirus pandemic: Jack Ma and Alibaba group to donate supplies to 10 more Asian countries
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Earlier, Ma had made a similar gesture announcing the donation of one million face masks and 500,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States.
The founder of Alibaba group Jack Ma has announced that his foundation along with his company's foundation will donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia to help the global fight against COVID-19 on Saturday.
The Chinese business magnate took to social media to announce that the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation will donate 1.8 million face masks, 210,000 test kits, 36,000 protective clothing as well as essential medical equipment and supplies along with ventilators and forehead thermometers to to 10 Asian countries.
Go Asia! We will donate emergency supplies (1.8M masks, 210K test kits, 36K protective suits, plus ventilators & thermometers) to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka. Delivering fast is not easy, but we'll get it done!
— Jack Ma (@JackMa) March 21, 2020
These include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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Earlier, Ma had made a similar gesture announcing the donation of one million face masks and 500,000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States.
Through a donation of 500,000 testing kits and 1 million masks, we join hands with Americans in these difficult times. pic.twitter.com/tGviVhC6Gx
— Jack Ma Foundation (@foundation_ma) March 13, 2020
Additionally, he had donated over one million masks to Japan and was trying to send one million masks to Iran.
Besides these regions, Ma has sent 1.8 million masks and 100,000 testing kits to Europe.
From Hangzhou via Liege to Rome - medical supplies have reached their final destination and been handed over to the Italian Red Cross. Big thanks to everyone, and more masks and test kits are on the way. Let’s move faster than this virus. Vinceremo! pic.twitter.com/qmbFFBXIS3
— Jack Ma Foundation (@foundation_ma) March 17, 2020
''United we stand, divided we fall'', announced Ma on Twitter. This is a popular quote by one of USA's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.
Across the world, over 11,000 people have died due to coronavirus, as per figures by Johns Hopkins University.