China donates MMK 375 million in laboratory equipment to COVID-19 testing lab in Mandalay in May 2020 (Linked to Project ID #93378, #93379)

On April 8, 2020, the Chinese Government officially sent 12 medical experts from Yunnan Province medical institutions to Myanmar to help fight the spread of COVID-19 (see Project ID #93378). During their stay, the team visited 43 medical institutions in Rangoon and Mandalay and held more than 50 exchange activities. For example, they visited Mandalay General Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine to observe COVID-19 patients and discussed best practices for treating them. The team returned to China two weeks later on April 22, 2020. When the Chinese medical team arrived at Yangon Airport on April 8, 2020, they donated 5.3 tons of medical equipment to the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports which included: 8,500 N95 masks, 60,000 medical masks, 5,500 sets of PPE, and a testing lab (see Project ID #90263). On May 23, China officially handed over the Covid testing lab in Mandalay to the Myanmar Government. Moreover, the Chinese medical team also donated drugs worth RMB 4,337,334.25 to the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports (see Project ID #93379).

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