April 15, 2005
Luanda
Three tonnes and 250 kilogrammes of medical equipment, to fight the Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the north Uíge province, was handed over today, at Luanda's International Airport, by the Chinese government, to Angolan health authorities.
The donation offered by the business director of the Chinese Embassy in Angola, Ding Shan, to the deputy minister of Health, José Van-Dúnem, is comprised of 7.500 disposable coats, 10.000 infusion systems, 201.600 needles and 212.000 syringes, and other material.
This is that country's first quatity of humanitarian aid to Angola, expecting on 22 and 29 April the second and third supply equally composed of medical equipment, a donation estimated at USD 120.000.
Speaking to the press during the donation the deputy minister of health said that it means the continuation of help and solidarity towards Angola by international community in general and China in particular, in order to solve the Epidemic outbreak of the Marburg virus.
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