Jack Ma returned Russia with 1 million masks and 200,000 corona virus test kits

Speaking to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Ma said that the gift was a tribute to what Russia did when China fell in a pandemic in February. , the time the epidemic in this country peaked.

Jack Ma’s move comes in the context that Russia is struggling with the situation of virus spreading in the country. Currently, Mowcow has ordered unnecessary business activities to close from Saturday, March 28. However, the Kremlin maintains that the epidemic is not yet a pandemic in Russia and that the total number of infected people in this country is still much lower than in other European countries. Currently, Russia has nearly 840 virus infections.

Meanwhile, in China, the epidemic situation is almost under control. Along with the restoration of production, China is providing medical equipment and expertise to European countries when the disease outbreaks strongly on this continent. Even the United States surpassed China to become the largest outbreak in the world.

Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country provided medical assistance to Italy, Greece and France as an attempt to continue the “Silk Road of Health”, extending the so-called initiative. The belt and the path Xi always pursues.

In mid-February, when the epidemic in China peaked, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pledged that forms of assistance, including medical equipment, will be implemented by Moscow to help China. This was told by Lavrov to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 56th Munich Security Conference on February 15.

Despite having more than 4,000 km of border with China, the strict quarantine measures of both countries help Russia limit the number of cases. However, when the epidemic broke out in Europe, Russia was no longer inviolable. In the past two days, the number of new infections in Russia has suddenly increased, raising concerns about the situation of a virus outbreak in Russia that is raging in Europe.

By the end of March 26, the world had 529,614 cases of Covid-19 with 23,976 deaths. Of those infected, 123,380 were cured. The virus has spread to 199 countries and territories worldwide.

Despite the outbreak, China is no longer the largest outbreak in the world. On March 26 alone, the US reported 15,461 new infections, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in the US to 83,672. However, the number of deaths in the US is currently only 1,209 people, much lower than both Italy, China and Spain.