Test kits to assist efforts in containing virus
Assistance comprising 20,000 COVID-19 test kits valued at $187,500 was handed over on Friday at the office of the Consulate General of the Republic of Fiji in Shanghai. This was donated by the David Group of Macao.
Fijian Consul General and Trade Commissioner, Yolinda Chan, confirms that apart from the test kits, assistance has also been secured in the form of Personal Protective Equipment consisting of 50,000 face masks valued at $50,000, provided through the municipal government of Guangzhou (sister city of Suva), while the municipal government of Jiangmen (sister city of Lautoka) is donating 20,000 masks valued at $20,000.
Both these donations, secured through the Fijian Consul General in Shanghai, will be shipped to Fiji and are anticipated to arrive by the end of June.
The Fiji-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, the Macao-Fiji Chamber of Commerce, and a number of Chinese investors, have also donated COVID-19 related medical supplies to Fiji via the Chinese
community in Suva. Permanent Secretary for the Office of the Prime Minister, Immigration and Sugar Industry and Acting Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Yogesh Karan, acknowledged the People’s Republic of China for the support.