Shenyang donates 10,000 masks and 500 protective kits to Braga

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On March 20, 2020, Shenyang Municipal Government pledged to donate 10,000 disposable masks and 500 protective kits to Braga City Council to aid their COVID-19 response. The Braga government said that city officials and medical experts held a video conference with representatives of Shenyang on March 20 and confirmed that Shenyang would donate. This supplies arrived in Portugal on March 29, 2020 on a TAP Air Portugal plane chartered by the Government of Portugal and was transported to Braga by Torrestir, a ground transportation company. The supplies were received in Braga on April 7, 2020. The Ambassador of Portugal in China, José Augusto Duartee, together with his staff, was fundamental in transporting the supplies to Portugal. The supplies were distributed within Braga to Private Social Solidarity Institutions (IPSS’s), homes, and the Municipal Civil Protection services. Shenyang City also expressed in the video conference on March 20, 2020 that they were willing to share their experience in COVID-19 prevention work and public health crisis management. Braga and Shenyang signed a friendship agreement in 2017, prepared a twinning agreement in 2018, and were twin cities as of 2023.