Alibaba founder and China’s richest man Jack Ma will donate one million face masks and 500,000 coronavirus disease or COVID-19 test kits to the United States.
The company’s move was announced on Chinese social media site Weibo on March 13.
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“Based on the counter-epidemic experience we have gained in the past months, quick and accurate test solution and protective equipment for medical workers are the key goods to stop the epidemic from escalating. Hopefully, these supplies can help some people in the United States,” the company said in a statement.
“This is a big epidemic challenge faced by mankind in an era of globalisation. To this day, it is no longer a challenge any country can overcome by itself, but one that all of us need to face together hand-in-hand,” the statement added.
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Jack Ma’s company also said that it is important to share resources without judgment and an exchange of counter-epidemic lessons and experience is necessary to defeat the disaster.
