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Aid and a team of nine doctors have
been sent from China to help Italy amid the coronavirus
emergency.
A China Eastern flight landed in Rome from Shanghain in the
night between Thursday and Friday as part of an initiative that
was recently announced by the foreign ministers of Italy and
China, Luigi Di Maio and Wang Yi.
Medical equipment included ventilators, respirators and
masks.
The vice president of the Chinese Red Cross, Yang Huichuan,
and a professor on cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Liang Zongan,
were part of the team of intensive care specialists,
pediatricians and nurses who treated coronavirus patients in
China.
"This is what we call solidarity and I am sure more will
come", Di Maio said, showing the cargo plane's arrival on
Facebook.
"We are not alone, there are people in the world who want to
help Italy".
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