COVID-19: Chinese billionaire Jack Ma sends second batch of medical supplies to Nigeria, others

Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma on Monday announced the donation of a second batch of medical equipment supplies to the continent of Africa to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The founder of Alibaba Group made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle, saying, “Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC.

“This includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs, and test kits, 300 ventilators, 200,000 clothing sets, 200,000 face shields, 2,000 thermal guns, 100 body temperature scanners, and 500,000 pairs of gloves.”

Recall that the Federal Government of Nigeria had insisted that the first batch of COVID-19 medical kits donated by Jack Ma are not contaminated as rumoured.

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This was revealed about three weeks ago by Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who noted that the rumour is fake news during a presidential task force media briefing.

The minister said that the hearsay was quite unhelpful as it is causing distraction to the federal government’s efforts in curbing the spread of COVID-19 which is fast spreading across the country.

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