2021-05-23 13:05:34 GMT2021-05-23 21:05:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KATHMANDU, May 23 (Xinhua) The Nepal Office of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) on Sunday launched an Emergency Community Oxygen Station program to help the Himalayan country fight a second wave of COVID-19.
In coordination with local governments, CFPA Nepal is planning to support more than 10 communities with medical equipment in the Kathmandu Valley, the Bagmati province and Province 2, the foundation s Nepal Office said in a press release.
The foundation has handed over 20 oxygen cylinders, each with a capacity of 40L, 200 personal protective equipment, 100 face shields, 1,000 masks and two sanitation machines for community disinfection to Ward No. 17 of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, while five oxygen cylinders with the same capacity and some medical materials were sent to the city s Ward No. 19.
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 23
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