PLA medical team donates medical supplies to Tatmadaw in May 2020 for fighting COVID-19 (Linked to Project ID #90280, #94089)

On April 24, 2020, a team of six epidemic experts from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) arrived in Yangon, Myanmar. During their three-week stay, they provided technical assistance to the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Military), such as helping build a COVID-19 testing lab and training 40 Myanmar medical staff on COVID-19 control procedures (captured via Project ID #90280). On May 12, 2020, the PLA medical team returned to China. On April 24, 2020, the newly arrived medical team, on behalf of the PLA, officially donated medical supplies to the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Military) (captured via Project ID #94089). The supplies included 10,000 PCR tests, 20,000 KN95 masks, 500,000 surgical masks, 200 pairs of goggles, 10,000 gloves, 10,000 surgical masks, 20,000 shoe covers, 200 thermometers, and 2,000 hand sanitizers. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. On May 4, 2020, the medical team, on behalf of the PLA donated equipment and testing reagents for the prevention of COVID-19 to the First Military Hospital of Myanmar (captured via Project ID #94090). On May 12, 2020, a special fight of Chinese People’s Liberation Army carried 10,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Myanmar Tatmadaw military.

Additional details

1. Project ID #90280 captures the free-standing technical assistance and Project ID #94089 and #94090 capture the grants.

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