China reaches out to Italy, Aid, doctors arrive from China
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An aid and a team of nine doctors have been sent from China to help Italy amid the coronavirus emergency.
A China Eastern flight landed in Rome from Shanghai in the night between Thursday and Friday as part of an initiative that was recently announced by the foreign ministers of Italy and China, Luigi Di Maio and Wang Yi.
Medical equipment included ventilators, respirators and masks.
A handout photo by the Italian Red Cross Press Office shows Chinese doctors specialized in the fight against Coronavirus posing for a photo with Italian authorities after disembarking a China Eastern Airbus A-350 from Shanghai, at Fiumicino airport, Rome, Italy, EPA-EFE/ITALIAN RED CROSS
The vice president of the Chinese Red Cross, Yang Huichuan, and a professor on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Liang Zongan, were part of the team of intensive care specialists, pediatricians and nurses who treated coronavirus patients in China.
“This is what we call solidarity and I am sure more will come”, Di Maio said, showing the cargo plane’s arrival on Facebook.
“We are not alone, there are people in the world who want to help Italy”.
A handout photo made available by the Italian Red Cross Press Office shows airport workers unloading medical supplies from a China Eastern Airbus A-350 from Shanghai, at Fiumicino airport, Rome, Italy, 12 March 2020. The aircraft unloaded fans, respiratory materials , electrocardiographs, tens of thousands of masks and other medical devices sent by the Chinese Red Cross to the Italian Red Cross. The Chinese team will work together with Italian doctors to tackle the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country. EPA-EFE/ITALIAN RED CROSS
