The masks, brought to India by a special flight on May 4, were handed over by ambassador Chung-Kwang Tien of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in New Delhi to Neel Kamal Singh, deputy secretary general of the Indian Red Cross Society, at a ceremony on Friday.
Hindustan Times
Date: May 08, 2020
Taiwan government launched its first large-scale humanitarian assistance initiative in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in April
Taiwan government launched its first large-scale humanitarian assistance initiative in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in April
Taiwan on Friday donated one million face masks to India to help protect frontline medical personnel engaged in the fight against Covid-19, reflecting the medical cooperation between the two sides.
The masks, brought to India by a special flight on May 4, were handed over by ambassador Chung-Kwang Tien of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in New Delhi to Neel Kamal Singh, deputy secretary general of the Indian Red Cross Society, at a ceremony on Friday.
Tien said the Coronavirus respects no national borders or races, and assistance should not be limited by nations. [FULL STORY]
