Chinese medical supplies arrive in Ebola-affected Sierra Leone…(Ship Ebola Back To China!?)
Xinhuanet.com
2014-08-12
FREETOWN, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — A Chinese plane carrying emergency humanitarian supplies for Sierra Leone arrived in the country’s capital Freetown on Monday afternoon, as part of effort to help the country contain the spread of Ebola.
The aid materials which were brought by a special chartered flight from China included personal protective gears, gloves and glasses as well as chlorine and other medicines to help fight the disease.
China announced on Sunday it would dispatch three expert teams and medical supplies to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to help the three West African countries fight against the outbreak of the virus.
This is the second batch of Ebola relief provided by China to West Africa. China delivered its first batch of supplies in May, mostly for disease prevention, control and treatment, to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau.
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent messages on Sunday separately to Guinean President Alpha Conde, Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, expressing sympathy and solicitude for human and economic losses caused by the Ebola outbreak.
Receiving the materials on behalf of the President, the government and people of Sierra Leone, the Deputy Minster of Foreign Affairs, Ebun Strasser-King said the Chinese government demonstrated that “a friend in need is a friend indeed.”
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