Kenya’s share of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to combat the coronavirus have arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi.
The shipment arrived at JKIA from Addis Ababa aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight shortly after midday on Tuesday, March 24.
Jack Ma promised to issue out a total of 1.1 million testing kits, 6 million masks and 60,000 medical use protective suits and face shields that will be distributed among all the 54 African nations.
He announced that each African country would receive 20,000 testing kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 medical use protective suits and face shields.
The first batch of the equipment, arrived in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, March 22 with more supplies set to be shipped in the coming weeks.
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