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China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) donates Medical Supplies to Philippine's Military in May 2020

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 12, 2020
Start (actual)
May 12, 2020
End (actual)
May 13, 2020

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The medical supplies were donated to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which is headquartered at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/27442046.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • People's Liberation Army of China (PLA)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Philippines Department of National Defense

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China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) donates Medical Supplies to Philippine's Military in May 2020

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On May 12, 2020, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) donated various medical supplies to the Filippino Department of National Defense (DND) with the handover ceremony at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, the Philippines. The Filippino Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana received the donation from the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines, Mr. Huang Xilian. The donation includes 50,000 medical disposable masks, 6,000 medical surgical masks, 6,000 KN95 medical protective masks, 4,200 medical protective goggles, 3,000 face shields, 3,000 protective coveralls, 3,000 waterproof isolation gowns, 6,000 pairs of medical boots, 50 boxes of disposable nitrile gloves, 30 infusion pumps, two 16-liter knapsack disinfection sprayers, 50 infrared forehead thermometers, and two thermal imaging helmets. The medical supplies were donated with the intention that they would be used by front liners from the Filippino DND and the Armed Forces in the country’s COVID-19 response.