Alibaba founder Jack Ma to donate medical aid to 10 Asian countries

Founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, announced Saturday that his firm will donate essential supplies to 10 countries in South and South East Asia.

Announcing this in his tweet, Jack ma said, “Go Asia! We will donate emergency supplies (1.8 million masks, 210,000 test kits, 36,000 protective suits, plus ventilators and thermometers) to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Delivering fast is not easy, but we’ll get it done!”

Go Asia! We will donate emergency supplies (1.8M masks, 210K test kits, 36K protective suits, plus ventilators & thermometers) to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka. Delivering fast is not easy, but we'll get it done!

— Jack Ma (@JackMa) March 21, 2020

India is the only South Asian country not in this list.

But this is not the first time Jack Ma has announced such a move.

Recently, he announced that he will donate 500,000 coronavirus testing kits and 1 million masks to the United States.

He also urged international cooperation to fight the health crisis, Reuters reported.

Besides this, Jack Ma’s initiative had recently donated relief materials to areas in Japan, Korea, Italy, Iran and Spain.

US testing of coronavirus hampered by flawed kits distributed by the federal government in February, which gave some false results.

That has set the country back in containing an outbreak that has infected more than 122,000 people worldwide and more than 1,660 in the United States.

Jack Ma said speedy and accurate testing and adequate personal protective equipment for medical professionals are most effective in preventing the spread of the virus.

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates had recently announced initiatives to expand testing for the virus in their local areas.