China sends 2nd batch of supplies
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CHINA sent emergency humanitarian aid supplies from Shanghai to the West African nations hit by Ebola yesterday.
The relief, which left the city at 3pm, is expected to arrive today or tomorrow, the Ministry of Commerce said.
The supplies mainly include medical protective clothes, disinfectants, thermo-detectors and medicines.
It is the second batch of Ebola relief from China. In May, the country sent its first batch of relief goods, mostly for disease prevention, control and treatment, to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau, valued at 1 million yuan (US$162,450) for each country.
Chinese disease control experts are also on their way to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to assist in prevention and control, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said. Each medical team will be composed of one epidemiologist and two specialists in disinfection and protection.
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