The Chinese diaspora in Ukraine sent to Wuhan, the administrative center of the Chinese province of Hubei, which is the epicenter of the spread of the new type of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, a batch of medical masks, protective overalls, glasses and shoes, Xinhua News Agency has reported. “55,000 medical masks, 501 protective overalls, 747 pairs of goggles and 760 pairs of protective shoes will be delivered to the Chinese city,” the message said on Tuesday.
The agency also said Ukraine’s Tchaikovsky National Music Academy would transfer anti-epidemic protection to the Chinese province of Hubei.
“The decision to provide assistance to Hubei was made by the staff of the music academy, since we have a lot of Chinese students studying – over 200 people. In addition, China is our strategic partner, relations with which are very important for us,” Academy Rector Maksym Tymoshenko said in an interview.
According to him, the assistance provided to Hubei will include about 10,000 medical masks and overalls.
The Academy Development Assistance Fund and Confucius Music Center is also helping to purchase anti-epidemic protection products needed by the province because of the 2019-nCoV outbreak was also allocated by.
As of early Tuesday, a virus believed to have originated in Wuhan, China, claimed the lives of 426 people. Meanwhile, more than 20,000 in 27 countries have been infected.
