China to support Africa with COVID-19 test kits monthly

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that China will support Africa with COVID-19 kits.

According to Ramaphosa during Sunday's virtual meeting with top editors in the country, the kits contain 30 million test kits per month, as well as 10 000 ventilators and 80 million masks.

He did not specify when this initiative will start or how long it would run. Beijing has sent logistic and human resource support to a number of African countries since the pandemic arrived on the continent.

One of the major initial supply of logistics came from businessman Jack Ma, whose foundation teamed up with Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed and the AU to distribute logistics across the continent.

China, weeks on, became the center of mass media reports bordering on the racist treatment of Africans in the industrial hub of Guangzhou. African diplomats and the AU asked Beijing to take action on the issue.

As at May 31st, there are 141,599 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Number of deaths are 4,070, recoveries stand at 59,191 while the active cases ar at least 78,338.

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