China offers Botswana covid-19 help

 Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo  PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Shandong Province of China has pledged a generous donation to Botswana.

The donation includes 30,000 surgical masks, 1,000 N95 masks and 6,000 surgical gloves has already arrived. According to the Chinese Embassy in Gaborone, the handover ceremony will be held in some days to come.

The Embassy also said the second donation by the Chinese government including 150,000 masks, 15,000 N95 masks, 5,000 PPEs, 7,000 goggles, 7,000 medical gloves and 3,000 shoe covers will arrive anytime soon. 

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