Plane With Medical Supplies Arrived in Prague. The Air-Bridge With China Ends
On Sunday morning – shortly after 7 am – the last plane with medical supplies, including masks and respirators, has arrived in the Czech capital. Since the flights began on March 20, fifty planeloads have carried around 2,000 tons of masks, respirators, and other material. All the supplies are intended for use by healthcare workers, emergency services, hospitals, and nursing homes. Firefighters and police officers were in charge of unloading and distributing approximately 13,000 cubic meters of medical devices. The goods were transferred to the police warehouse in Opočínek (Pardubice region). As of April 30, the government distributed almost 9 million respirators, 62.8 million face masks and over 39 million gloves. p dir=”ltr” lang=”cs”>? Město se pomalu probouzí a my jedeme dnes ráno na @PragueAirport vyložit poslední letadlo s ochrannýma pomůckama. Dnes nemáme 23 nákladních aut ale vystačíme si s 8, jelikož se nejedná o nákladní letadlo ✈️@vnitro @jhamacek pic.twitter.com/6wapdqkelX — Hasičský záchranný sbor ČR (@hasici_cr) May 3, 2020 A growing list of foreign complaints about faulty medical gear and testing kits imported from China has upset Beijing’s designs. Within the last few weeks, scientists and health authorities in Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and Britain have complained of faulty antigen or antibody...