Via Digitalcongo.net: Ebola: China to the rescue with 60 tons of equipment. The Google translation:
In the face of the Ebola epidemic that has already killed 1,900 people in a year in the DRC, the Middle Kingdom is committed to offering 60 tons of materials and equipment to the team of the response against this disease. The note of delivery of this gift was signed yesterday, Monday, August 26, 2019.
Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Technical Secretary of the Multisectoral Committee for the Response to Ebola Virus Disease, signed yesterday evening, Monday, August 26th, the remittance note for this donation from the People's Republic of China.
"We therefore say a big thank you to the People's Republic of China for this donation which consists of protective equipment and laboratory equipment. We will use some of these materials here in Kinshasa. Another will be used in the East, in Goma, Beni ... " said virologist Muyembe.
According to Tu Wantao, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in the DRC, these materials will arrive in the DRC in three batches, the first will reach Congolese soil on August 29th. A mark of solidarity greeted by Dr. Muyembe. "It is in misfortune that we recognize the true friends," he added, before calling the Congolese people to collaborate with the teams of the response.
"At the diplomatic level," reassures Tu Wantao, "we are strategic partners.With the friendly tradition, we are brothers. It is in this context that we must register this gift. The Chinese people intends to accompany the Congolese people in the fight against the Ebola epidemic and in many other areas."
Since the outbreak of the 10th Ebola outbreak, at least 1900 people have died. The virus left the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri to spread to South Kivu. This morning, a suspected case would be reported in the province of Maniema.
