In a warm gesture by Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Jack Ma, Alibaba Foundation donated essential medical supplies, including face masks and COVID-19 test kits, to India. On Saturday, the third instalment of donation arrived in India. Apart from India, Alibaba has donated the same goods to six other nations. "Collectively, these seven countries will receive a total of 1.7 million face masks, 1,65,000 test kits as well as protective clothing and medical equipment such as ventilators and forehead thermometers," the two foundations said in a statement.
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is the co-founder of multinational technology behemoth Alibaba Group. Besides India, the medical supplies will be donated to Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
The first batch of medical supplies for India arrived in Delhi last night and were received by the Indian Red Cross Society.