Tencent donates medical supplies to Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, May 21, 2020 (FBC) –The Chinese based Tencent Foundation has donated medical supplies to help Ethiopia in its efforts to curb the spread of the virus.
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed expressed his gratitude to Ma Huateng founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the foundation.
Thank you to Ma Huanteng of Tencent Foundation for supporting #Ethiopia in efforts to curb the #COVID19 pandemic by providing testing kits. Such partnerships are key in enabling Ethiopia scale-up testing. pic.twitter.com/4ZWQaw9vGO
— Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 (@AbiyAhmedAli) May 21, 2020
Ethiopia has so far recorded 389 confirmed cases, with five deaths and 122 recoveries.
The number of people infected worldwide has now reached five million, while deaths caused by the virus currently stands at 328,172.