China to donate 100,000 more Covid-19 test kits to Philippines

A worker produces test kits for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on March 9, 2020. - AFP

MANILA (Xinhua): China has decided to donate 100,000 more test kits and other urgently-needed medical supplies to the Philippines to help the southeast Asian country fight Covid-19 spread.

Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian said Wednesday (March 18) the assistance includes another 100,000 test kits, 100,000 surgical masks, 10,000 N95 masks, and 10,000 sets of personal protective equipment.