Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to send 1 million masks to U.S., plus testing kits

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is sending aid to the United States. 

The Alibaba co-founder committed to sending 1 million medical masks and 500,000 coronavirus testing kits to the U.S. on Chinese social site Weibo on Friday. It's being done through the Jack Ma Foundation. In case you only speak English, a translated version of the announcement was posted to Twitter at the same time.

Through a donation of 500,000 testing kits and 1 million masks, we join hands with Americans in these difficult timespic.twitter.com/tGviVhC6Gx

— Jack Ma Foundation (@foundation_ma) March 13, 2020

"Drawing from my own country's experience, speedy and accurate testing and adequate personal protective equipment for medical professionals are the most effective in preventing the spread of the virus," the Ma Foundation's statement said. Read more...

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