COVID-19, that originated from the Wuhan province of China has now spread across the world affecting over 150K individuals. Many organizations have come forward since the pandemic initially escalated to offer help by donating necessary supplies. Recently, Chinese tech giants like Alibaba, Xiaomi, and Oppo donated masks and other medical equipment to the severely affected countries.
Earlier this month, Xiaomi donated FFP3 surgical masks to the Italian Civil Protection Department as it is the most affected country by coronavirus after China. A few days back, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba announced he will donate 2 million masks to European countries starting with Belgium, which will be the first to receive the shipments. Further, after joining Twitter, he used his first tweet to announce donations of 500,000 testing kits and 1 million masks to the United States.
And today, Oppo announces that it has donated 300,000 masks to five severely affected countries other than China. The smartphone maker has donated FFP3 as well as N95 masks to Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and Japan. The company also said that its local teams are working with government departments, non-governmental organizations, and hospitals to donate masks to people who are in need such as medical professionals. Oppo also added that one-third of the total masks will be donated to Milan, Italy alone, which is currently the most affected city outside China.
Chinese tech companies so far, have not only donated masks but other requirements like logistics, robots, software, and drones to the coronavirus-struck regions.
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