The world cannot afford the unthinkable consequences of Covid -19 pandemic in Africa Jack Ma, said in a statement tweeted on Monday. Ma’s foundation will donate a total million testing kits, 6 million masks, and 60,000 protective suits and face shields.
Africa has so far has recorded 300 cases, with Egypt being the hardest hit, with 110 cases to count. The items will be delivered to Addis Ababa, where the Prime minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed will see their supply and distribution to other African countries, Ma said.
The billionaire, founder of Alibaba said, he will also donate, 500,000 corona virus testing kits and one 1million face masks to the United States of America. Now it’s as if we are all living in the same forest on fire.
As members of the same global community, it will be irresponsible for us to sit on the fence, panic, ignore facts, or fail to act. We need to take action now, Ma said.
