International community provides aid to China to support anti-epidemic efforts

A worker in protective suit servingcustomers at a pharmacy following an outbreak of the new coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on Saturday (Feb 1). The international community has been pouring in aid to China to support its efforts to prevent and control the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. - Reuters

BEIJING: The international community has been pouring in aid to China to support its efforts to prevent and control the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

The Pakistani government has allocated 300,000 medical masks, 800 hazmat suits and 6,800 pairs of gloves from the stocks of public hospitals around the nation and transported the aid to China.