China sends 4th relief shipment to W Africa

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhuanet) — Since the Ebola crisis emerged in West Africa, the Chinese government has been regularly sending targeted relief supplies to the worst affected countries . The fourth relief shipment has just left Shanghai.

More help for Ebola sufferers.China’s fourth relief shipment left Shanghai on Tuesday bound for Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Some 800-tons of aid, worth around 100 million RMB.

“This shipment includes hospital beds, ambulances, protection equipment, and incinerators,” Wang Shengwen, head of Foreign Assistance, Ministry of Commerce, said.

There are plans to send more supplies, which should arrive in the affected nations in mid-March.

The shipments are in addition to food aid that continues to be sent to West Africa. A number of Chinese medical teams are also working in the affected countries.

China has also helped to build several training, treatment and testing centers.

(Source: CNTV.cn)