Huawei Technologies has pledged to donate 500,000 masks to medical institutions in Japan. As per a report by Kyodo News, the firm has already contributed the first batch of 200,000 masks to two university hospitals in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Further, the remaining masks have been planned to be donated to other regions in the country. In other news, the company has also announced to send medical equipment to Ireland, the second European country to receive medial supplies fro them company after Italy.
The telecom giant Huawei is not the only Chinese firm to donate medical supplies to foreign countries. Previously, Lenovo, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Oppo, and others have contributed so far for the greater good. Wang Jianfeng, chairman of Huawei Japan said that he hopes to help the Japanese people get through difficult times. It is worth noting that even Japan helped China when the coronavirus outbreak began two months back.
Apart from Japan, Huawei has sent relief aids to Italy and has now even announced to donate ‘personal protective equipment’ and ‘technological equipment’ to Ireland in a statement. David Kenny, the deputy chief executive of Huawei Ireland said that COVID-19 knows no border or nationality and everyone is in this together. He further said that Huawei is operating its business in Ireland for 15 years and thus it will do everything it can do to help as it is doing in other European countries. He added that the company’s donations will help the people working on the frontline as well as in the ICT department for video conferencing.
With that being said, the precise number of units and shipping methods are yet to be determined, however, Mr. Kenny assures that his company has teams in both China and Dublin working to bring the equipment as quickly as possible.
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