The donation of medical equipment pledged in mid-March by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to Ursula von der Leyen to help EU countries contain the COVID-19 epidemic has arrived in Rome, the European Commission announced on Monday 6 April.
This is in line with the institution’s choice to reserve this aid for Italy (see EUROPE B12457A11, B12450A1).
2 million surgical masks, 200,000 N95 masks and 50,000 screening test kits were delivered by air. The Commission once again welcomed...