China, which is considered as the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, has offered to assist South Africa in its fight against the spreading pandemic, APA learnt on Sunday.
Briefing the media in Pretoria on Sunday, Chinese Ambassador Lin Songtian said that his country was fully experienced in dealing with COVID-19 – and was willing to help South Africa to overcome the disease which has affected 274 people now.
“We are ready to do our best to provide whatever you need. And we are ready to fight with you until we bring coronavirus to an end the COVID-19,” the envoy said.
While China has recorded a near-zero decline in terms of new infections, the major concern now is the global spread of the diseases to Africa and other continents, and this required concerted efforts to contain the epidemic, Lin said.
Meanwhile, Chinese business magnate Jack Ma made good of his pledge on Sunday by delivering coronavirus testing kits meant for all African countries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the African Union capital.
According to reports, Ma has donated to South Africa and 53 other African states 20,000 testing kits each, while 500,000 kits have been sent to kits-strapped United States of America.
Multi-billionaire Ma is the owner of Alibaba, the online shopping mall.
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