Chinese Government donates USD 2.372 million worth of medical supplies in May 2020 to Colombian Ministry of Health for COVID-19 relief

On May 7, 2020, the Chinese Government handed over a batch of donated medical supplies to the Colombian Ministry of Health to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The donated medical supplies included 10,000 screening tests, 680,000 face masks, and $1.5 million worth of goggles, gloves, protective suits, infrared thermometers and respirators. The handover was completed by the ambassador of the Government of the People's Republic of China, Lan Hu, and was presented to Chancellor Claudia Blum and Colombian Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz. The total value of the donate supplies is USD 2,372,000.

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1. The Transaction Amount is coded as USD 2,372,000 based on Harvard University's estimate of a transaction amount of USD 2,372,000. However multiple official recipient and media sources have reported a USD 1.5 million total value without specifying the additional supplies not included in the USD 1.5 million evaluation.

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