South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said
that China will supply millions of coronavirus test kits and masks to Africa to
assist the continent fight the pandemic.
Africa
has recorded 142,289 cases of coronavirus with 4,084 deaths according to data
from the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention while dealing with
shortages in equipments and medical supplies.
Ramaphosa
held talks with China’s President Xi Jinping about securing medical supplies
earlier in the week.
The
South African president said in a briefing to reporters broadcast online on
Sunday that, China will ship as many as 30 million test kits, 10,000
ventilators and 80 million masks.
“What we are now doing, is to set up a procurement platform, which we are going to launch next week, which will allow every country on the continent to be able to procure from a central place and benefit” from the Chinese shipments, Ramaphosa said.
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