China to provide emergency aid to Afghanistan
The government of China pledged more support to Afghanistan amid rising cases in the novel coronavirus COVID-19 disease in the country, pledging 7.2 tons of anti-epidemic materials supply which will be delivered by a charter flight, afghanistantoday.ru online resource reports. “The epidemic is still spreading in Afghanistan. There are new confirmed cases every day. The Chinese embassy in Kabul has been in close contact with the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan to keep up with the situation,” the Chinese Ambassador in Afghanistan Wang Yu said. “The materials we are going to hand over are from China International Development Cooperation Agency and other Chinese organizations,” the Ambassador said, adding that “This batch includes more materials than the first batch, including test kits, medical protective masks, surgical masks, protective clothing, protective goggles and infrared temperature guns.”
