Kossan to provide 5m pieces of gloves to China

A police officer wears a face mask and goggles at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

KUALA LUMPUR: Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd will provide five million pieces of medical gloves and 500,000 pieces of face masks to China following the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Its group managing director and CEO Tan Sri Lim Kuang Sia said the company was working and coordinating with MARGMA, ACCIM, MTCC and other organisations to transport two million out of the five million pieces of medical gloves to Hubei, Guangdong and other provinces in China.