(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Ningxia Donated New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention Materials to Punjab, Pakistan
China News Service Yinchuan, April 24 (Li Peishan) On April 24, Ningxia's new coronary pneumonia epidemic prevention materials donated to Punjab, Pakistan, were shipped from Yinchuan. This is the third batch of materials donated by Ningxia to the international friendship city where serious outbreaks occurred. Including 1000 N95 medical particle protective masks, 20,000 disposable medical masks and 500 pieces of medical disposable protective clothing.
Donation ceremony site. Photo by Li Peishan
With the spread of the epidemic in the world, Pakistan's epidemic prevention and control situation has become more serious, facing the problem of shortage of epidemic prevention materials. Ningxia ’s international friendly city, Punjab, has accumulated 4,767 confirmed cases, accounting for 43% of the country ’s total population, making it the most severely affected province.
Ningxia and Punjab formally established an international friendship city relationship in September 2006. The two places have significant complementary advantages in the fields of tourism, education and agriculture, and have carried out a series of pragmatic exchanges and cooperation. As an international friendship city, Ningxia does its best to provide anti-epidemic materials to Punjab.
The reporter saw at the scene that the slogan "Brothers work together to overcome difficulties" was written in both Chinese and English on the donations. "At the beginning of the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia, the Pakistani government and all sectors of the society gave their own money and donated anti-epidemic materials to China to fight the epidemic. China and Pakistan are true friends in trouble and good brothers who share the same difficulties. The brothers work together to overcome the epidemic situation, "said Zhang Tao, deputy director of the Ningxia Foreign Affairs Office's Asia Division.
Ningxia donated 1,000 N95 medical particulate protective masks, 20,000 disposable medical masks and 500 pieces of medical disposable protective clothing to the international friendship city of Punjab, Pakistan. Photo by Li Peishan
It is reported that the batch of materials will be shipped back to Pakistan through the Pakistan Embassy in China to help Pakistan's epidemic prevention and control, especially to curb the spread of the outbreak in Punjab. (Finish)