Russian military transport aircraft An-124 “Ruslan” at the request of Moldova delivered to Chisinau from China 40 tons of medical cargo for the fight against coronavirus, reported the Defense Ministry.
“This delivery of cargo is the first joint Russian-Chinese humanitarian action to combat the spread of coronavirus infection”, – the ministry said.
The Ministry of Defense said that on Sunday the AN-124 “Ruslan” of the military transport aviation of the All-Russian Air Force delivered from Shanghai to Chisinau the cargo, which China allocated for the fight against coronavirus in Moldova.
As noted, Kishinev previously asked the Ministry of Defense to help deliver the cargo from China, he was gratuitously brought by the aircraft of the Russian Air Force in Kishinev.
The Ministry of Defense reminded that on March 27, Russia had sent to Moldova 10 thousand test systems for diagnosis of coronavirus.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there is a state of emergency in Moldova from March 17 to May 15. Five settlements – three cities and two large villages – have been blocked by the police due to the declared complete quarantine.
According to the data of the website Worldometers, 2 472 cases of infection with the coronavirus COVID-19 were detected in Moldova, 67 people died.
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