1.8 Million Masks & 210,000 test kits by Alibaba

Saturday 21st of March 2020

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1.8 Million Masks & 210,000 test kits by Alibaba

Jack Ma, Asia’s richest man and the founder of Alibaba, is sending 1.8 million face masks and 210,000 coronavirus test kits to some of the continent’s poorest nations, the latest step in an ongoing effort from his foundation to push back against the coronavirus.

In his latest tweet, he said that the countries in Asia- Maldives, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka would all receive help that includes protective suits, ventilators and thermometers.

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

On 16th March, he also announced that the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation were shipping a donation of emergency supplies to the U.S. After providing assistance to Japan, Iran and Italy amidst the coronavirus outbreak, the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder’s philanthropic groups also expanded to send thousands of testing kits and masks to countries in Africa.

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