Kathmandu, April 22
Medical supplies provided to Nepal for its Covid-19 response by the government of Tibet Autonomous Region of China have entered Nepal.
According to the Tatopani Customs Office, the Chinese side handed over the materials to Roshan Pokharel, a senior expert of the Ministry of Health, at the Nepal-China trade point in Tatopani on Wednesday.
Tatopani Customs Office Chief Lal Bahadur Khatri informs that the materials cost more than Rs 8 million.
The materials received include 10,000 units of N-95 mask, 10,000 units of PPE, 1,000 units of infrared thermometre, two units of PCR machine, 20,000 units of testing kit, and 50 units of wet wipes.
On March 11, the head of the Tibetan government’s foreign ministry handed over the medical supplies to Nepal’s Consul General Govinda Karki in Lhasa.
According to a press release issued by the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu, the health materials brought to Nepal at this stage have been sent as a grant.
