China and Chinese companies donated medical supplies to Serbia in March 2020

Project narrative

On March 26th, 2020 a large shipment of medical equipment for fighting COVID-19 arrived. This shipment arrived with the help of the United Nations and the European Union as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the EU helped facilitate the flight from Tianjin, China. This shipment included clinical and portable ventilators, masks, suits and testing kits, part of which are donated by China and its companies. Specifically, Linglong Tire Donated 300,000 disposable medical surgical masks, 2,000 sets of medical protective clothing and 10,000 COVID-19 antibody test kits to. Meanwhile, a major donation from HBIS, a major Chinese steelmaker which employs more than 5,000 people in its Serbian branch, includes 100,000 N95 masks, 30,000 medical face shields, 25,000 COVID-19 test kits and other protective equipment. The purpose of this donation is to help Serbia fight against the pandemic.