BANGKOK, May 12 (TNA) – China has sent medical equipment
and relief aid to Thailand to bolster the country’s fight against the COVID-19
pandemic.
Yang Xin, Chargé d’affairs of the Chinese Embassy to
Thailand, handed over the shipment delivered by a Chinese military aircraft to
Deputy Defence Minister of Thailand General Chaichan Changmongkol at the an
airbase in Bangkok on Tuesday.
The 30-million-bath worth of supplies included, among
others, ventilators, infrared temperature monitors, PCR-19 kits, medical masks
and protective suits, according to spokesman of the Defence Ministry Lt General
Kongcheep Tantrawanich.
He said the supplies would be used for COVID-19 treatments
as well as to improve safety of medical personnel in Thailand.
Lt General Kongcheep said the assistance showed strong ties
between the two nations who would together overcome the crisis.(TNA)
