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Due to its severity, theCOVID-19 pandemic has caused countries to sendaid, as part of the international responses and management regarding thepandemic. Types of materials aided includes (but are not limited to)masks,medical supplies,personal protective equipment, money, and test kits. It started with aid toChina asthe virus spreads primarily there, and then internationally as it spreads globally. The destination of the aid ranges from hospitals, COVID-19healthcare workers, research onthe vaccine, to societies vulnerable. People donating includes the government of said country, notable people, organizations and institutions, charities, as well as regular people.
Some Chinese students at American universities sent aid, including 50,000N95 masks on 30 January.[1][2][3] The humanitarian aid organizationDirect Relief sent 200,000 face masks and other personal protective equipment to theWuhan Union Hospital the same day.[4] On 5 February, the Chinese foreign ministry said 21 countries (including Belarus, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt, and Iran) had sent aid to China,[5] as well asBill andMelinda Gates announcing a $100 million donation to the WHO to fund vaccine research and treatment efforts and protect "at-risk populations in Africa and South Asia."[6]Interaksyon said the Chinese government had donated 200,000 masks to the Philippines on 6 February after Philippine senatorRichard Gordon shipped 3.16 million masks to Wuhan.[7] On 19 February, theSingapore Red Cross announced it would send $2.26 million worth of aid to China.[8]
Several countries donated masks, medical equipment or money to China, includingJapan,[9]Turkey,Russia,[10]Malaysia,[11]Germany,[12] andCanada.[13][14] TheU.S. State Department said on 7 February it had facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of medical supplies to China.[15] The same day,U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo announced a $100 million pledge to China and other countries to aid their fights against the virus,[16] though on 21 March China said it had not received epidemic funding from the U.S. government and reiterated that on 3 April.[citation needed] Several corporations have also donated money or medical equipment to China.[17]
China also aided the things needed as other countries have the virus spread faster and their country's graphs lowered.[18] They, along withCuba and Russia, sent experts and medical equipment toItaly in order to fighttheir virus outbreak,[19][20] with China sending three medical teams and donated more than forty tons of medical supplies to Italy.[21] BusinessmanJack Ma sent 1.1 million testing kits, 6 million face masks, and 60,000 protective suits toEthiopia for distribution by theAfrican Union.[22][23] He later sent 5,000 testing kits, 100,000 face masks and 5 ventilators toPanama.[24] However, in August 2020, a corruption scandal emerged over Ma's medical donations to Africa.[25]
TheBulgarian government is looking into import opportunities ofchloroquine from China,[30] however exports of allquinine-based drugs were prohibited until further notice, and 35,000 doses of quinine-basedAnalgin for export have been diverted for domestic consumption. The government then negotiated the delivery of 171,429 packs ofhydroxychloroquine sulfate and 30,000 packs ofazithromycin from theChina National Pharmaceutical Group.[31] The shipment was delivered; the cargo also included more than 1,600,000 masks and 50 ventilators.[32]
On 23 March, a team of sevenspecialist physicians from southern China'sGuangxi with medical supplies, including ventilators, medical masks, protective suits, test kits, and infrared temperature sensors, had landed inPhnom Penh to assist tackling the pandemic.[33][34] In April 2020,Vietnam donatedCambodia with $100,000 worth of medical supplies.[35]
TheCzech Republic, along with the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and Georgia expressed concerns over Chinese-made masks and test kits,[36] which has been aided to several countries like Afghanistan.
Diaspora communities have been sending large volumes of money to support relief efforts in the country. For example,Eritrean Americans have sent at least US$4 million, according to theUS embassy in Eritrea.[37]
The HellenicMinistry of Health has formed a 3-member committee responsible for the review and employment of all the donations in support of the National Healthcare System during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 May, Health MinisterVasilis Kikilias announced that donations worth about 90 million euros came from organizations, companies and individuals, as well as other states such as China and the United Arab Emirates. 40 million euros were for medical equipment (ICU monitors, ventilators, ICU beds), another 24.2 million euros were for personal protective equipment (face masks, surgical aprons, protective uniforms, medical οvershoes) and there were another 12.5 million euros in cash deposits.[citation needed]
As part of preventing wide spread of the virus in its country,testing such as antibody tests were made available by the help ofSt. George's University andVenezuela,[38] makingprime minister of GrenadaKeith Mitchell confident on future projections showing low numbers of cases.[39] However, the wish did not came true when a new patient (codenamed Case 15) was tested positive for the virus,[40] and was confirmed to be part of acommunity spread days later[41]
Due to the pandemic, Grenada also faces an economy drop. On March 20, 2020, the government announced a stimulus package to provide income support to small businesses, suspension of various taxes, and unemployment benefits to eligible citizens, which took about a month to fully roll out,[42] which were a rapid loan of US$22.4 million from theIMF, in a package aimed at the Eastern Caribbean countries ofDominica,Grenada, andSt. Lucia.[43]
PresidentJoko Widodo asked theUnited States for medical equipment, includingventilators via phone call to PresidentDonald Trump, to which President Trump, on April 24, responded he will provide and also reiterated the intent to strengthen economic cooperation between the two.[44][45]
Russia is one of the several countries to send aid to China during its peak of outbreak.[10] It also helped Italy along with Cuba and China in the midst of their peak of outbreak.[19][20]
TheUAE began production ofHayat-Vax, a locally manufactured version of China'sSinopharm BIBP vaccine, in March 2021. Current plans include the production of 2 million doses per month, a majority of which will be exported to low-income countries, particularly Africa and the Middle East, under the WHO's COVAX scheme.[47] By being produced in the UAE, Hayat-Vax is believed to be able to “resolve many of the issues plaguing public acceptance of other vaccines” in Middle Eastern countries.[48]
^Yusuf, Mohammed (21 August 2020)."Kenya Police Fire Tear Gas at COVID-19 Corruption Protesters".Voice of America.Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved8 January 2021.People have asked very relevant questions as to donations from Jack Ma, where are they? And now we are hearing some of them were taken to Tanzania, and some of them were brought to Kenya. That in itself is enough to infuriate the public that you are arresting for having no mask
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