Representatives from the northern border province of Quang Ninh received medical supplies from Dongxing city and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China during a ceremony held on February 8 at Bac Luan II Bridge in Mong Cai city.

At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)

The packages include 5,000 personal protective suits, 2,000 pairs of protective glasses, along with 1.8 tonnes of disinfectant from Dongxing.

In addition, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region presented a total of 420,000 surgical masks and 992 bottles of hand sanitiser.

Since the resurgence of the virus in the nation late last month Quang Ninh has emerged as one of the country’s new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotpots, with 47 cases of community infection recorded so far.