{"id":41486,"date":"2020-06-04T12:39:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T12:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/covid-19-rdf-receives-medical-kits-from-china\/"},"modified":"2020-06-08T19:49:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:49:05","slug":"covid-19-rdf-receives-medical-kits-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/covid-19-rdf-receives-medical-kits-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: RDF receives medical kits from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The supplies were donated directly from China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army as part of the two countries\u2019 military-to-military ties. They include disposable medical masks, surgical masks, medical N95 respirators, medical safety goggles, disposable one-piece protective gowns, infusion pumps, infrared thermometers, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador of the People\u2019s Republic of China to the Republic of Rwanda, H.E. Ambassador RAO Hongwei, while handing over the equipment to the CDS, said that the supplies are meant to support Rwandan people and the military\u2019s effort to fight the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe donation will help the Rwandan side to improve the capability to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a sign of profound and friendly relation between China and Rwanda,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese side attaches great importance to China-Rwanda military to military ties which is an indispensable part of our bilateral relations. Both sides have frequent exchanges and co-operation on UN peacekeeping, anti-terrorism, humanitarian relief, epidemic research and also public health sector. I strongly believe that with strong support from China and from around the world Rwanda will overcome the pandemic at an earlier date,\u201d the Ambassador added.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Jean Bosco Kazura, Rwanda\u2019s Chief of Defence Staff thanked the People\u2019s Liberation Army for the gesture, saying it is another sign of continuing to strengthen the existing excellent relations between the two armies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this particular moment of this pandemic of Covid-19 we can work together to find a solution to this problem. And the donation we have received today shows that if we put our efforts together we can definitely fight and overcome this challenge.\u201d Gen. Kazura said<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35818 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/arton135033-7dcc7.jpg\" alt=\"The supplies were donated directly from China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army as part of the two countries\u2019 military-to-military ties.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35819 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/chinacds3-b586b.jpg\" alt=\"The Ambassador of the People\u2019s Republic of China to the Republic of Rwanda, H.E. Ambassador RAO Hongwei said that the supplies are meant to support Rwandan people \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35820 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/chinacds2-8bdf5.jpg\" alt=\"Gen. Jean Bosco Kazura, Rwanda\u2019s Chief of Defence Staff thanked the People\u2019s Liberation Army for the gesture\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda Defence Force has received a donation of medical supplies worth about US$290,000 from the Chinese People Liberation Army to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"byline":[2942],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","byline-nicole-kamanzi-m"],"bylines":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41486"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=41486"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=41486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}