Guangzhou Municipal Government contributes to donation of masks to the Buenos Aires Municipal Government in May 2020 (linked to #94008 and #94009)

On May 4, 2020, the Buenos Aires Municipal Ministry of Health accepted a donation of 80,000 surgical disposable masks, 20,000 disposable masks, and 50,000 KN95 masks from the Municipal Governments of Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The total donation was worth USD 71,998, per the Buenos Aires Official Bulletin. The masks are intended to help the city of Buenos Aires combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of masks contributed by the Guangzhou Municipal Government specifically is unknown, but its contribution is estimated to be worth USD 23999.33. On July 30, 2020, the CABA Secretary-General Fernando Straface, thanked the Chinese Embassy on a video call for the donation from Guangzhou and other municipal governments, on behalf of the City of Buenos Aires.

Additional details

1. The individual contributions from each of the municipal governments that contributed to this donation is unknown. Therefore, for the time being, AidData assumes that all three of the donors contributed equally (USD 23999.33) to the USD 71,998 grant.

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

5