Pakistan receives 99 ventilators from China: NDMA

Plane carrying medical supplies arrived in Islamabad Saturday

SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: May 16, 2020 | Last Updated: 1 year ago

SAMAA | Web desk

Posted: May 16, 2020 | Last Updated: 1 year ago

Photo: Radio Pakistan

A plane carrying 20 tonnes of medical supplies from China has arrived in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported Saturday.

According to the National Disaster Management Authority, the Chinese government has sent Pakistan 99 ventilators and over 260,000 N95 masks.

This is the eighth consignment that Beijing has sent to Islamabad since the coronavirus outbreak.

The number of known coronavirus cases in Pakistan has exceeded 36,000. The virus has so far claimed 855 lives in the country.

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