BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Many countries and international organizations have provided materials and other kinds of support for China in combating and controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic.
As of 12 pm (0400 GMT) local time Thursday, China has received materials and other assistance over the fight against the epidemic from Belarus, Pakistan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Estonia, Turkey, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ghana, as well as from the United Nations Children's Fund, which have expressed their understanding and support in real actions.
Meanwhile, companies, institutions, friendship personnel and oversea Chinese communities in Russia, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Iran, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Peru have made donations.
Among them, non-governmental groups in the United States donated medical detection equipment, and their counterparts from South Korea, Russia and Malaysia have provided hazmat suits, goggles and medical face masks many times.
