On the afternoon of March 30, at the remote consultation center of the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, more than 10 medical experts gathered in front of the screen and shared Guangdong’s anti-epidemic experience with experts in the city of Brovary, Ukraine.

Brovary is a sister city of west Guangdong’s Zhanjiang. When there were suspected cases in Brovary, Igor Sapozhko, the Mayor, sent a letter to Zhanjiang to ask for help.

Upon receiving the letter, Zhanjiang Foreign Affairs Bureau immediately contacted the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University. Experts shared epidemic prevention and control as well as clinical treatment experiences with Brovary through videos, and answered the questions in detail.

In a true spirit of friendship and cooperation, Guangdong and its sister provinces/cities have been fighting COVID-19 by standing together.

The city of Esparza, Costa Rica has friendly exchanges with east Guangdong’s Zhuhai. In February, having known about the shortage of medical supplies in Zhuhai, Gu Genhe, President of China-Costa Rica Overseas Chinese Federation and Gu Zhihong, president of the Zhuhai Friendship Federation in Costa Rica, called for local overseas Chinese to offer donations. Through all manners of help, the supply channel of 126,000 masks and other equipment was ready on February 4.

Due to the influence of epidemic, however, many international flights to the Chinese mainland were suspended. Gu Genhe repeatedly contacted Zhuhai Foreign Affairs Bureau to discuss how to receive and transfer the medical supplies. On February 10, the transportation plan was finally decided. Setting off from Costa Rica, the medical supplies would be sent to Hong Kong after transferring through Mexico.

On February 19, with the support from Hong Kong Hengchao Company-a subsidiary of Zhuhai Duty Free Group, Zhuhai Tongyu Logistics Co., Ltd., and CKS Container Terminal (ZhuHai DouMen) Co., Ltd., this batch of aid materials--loaded with the care of overseas Chinese in Costa Rica--finally arrived in Zhuhai.

As of mid-April, Guangdong has sent letters of solicitude to 140 sister cities (including cities with friendly exchanges), and donated medical supplies to 90 sister cities (including cities with friendly exchanges).

On June 16, the 100,000 masks donated by Zhuhai to Esparza, its friendly city arrived at the other side of the ocean. Lourdes MO Araya Morera, Vice mayoress of Esparza organized the receiving ceremony of the medical supplies. As a friendly envoy of both Zhuhai and Esparza, Gu Genhe was invited to attend ceremony.

At the receiving ceremony. [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]

At the receiving ceremony. [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]

Up to now, 17 cities of Guangdong have donated or planned to donate 7.3 million masks, 6,340 forehead thermometers, 25,000 nucleic acid testing kits, 21,880 protective clothing as well as 111,800 pairs of medical gloves to 65 friendly cities (including cities with friendly exchanges) across 48 countries.

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