Uzbekistan sends protective equipment to virus-hit China
Uzbekistan’s government has stopped all regular flights to China, its major trade partner and investor, due to an outbreak of a new coronavirus, which emerged there late last year
People gather near an Ilyushin IL-76 military cargo plane of the Uzbek Air Force, which transports protective equipment to China hit by the new coronavirus, before the departure from an airport of Tashkent, Uzbekistan February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov
Uzbekistan is sending 40 tonnes of protective suits, masks and gloves to virus-hit China, the Central Asian nation's government said on Wednesday, as a fully loaded military cargo plane departed Tashkent.
Uzbekistan's government has stopped all regular flights to China, its major trade partner and investor, due to an outbreak of a new coronavirus, which emerged there late last year. Chinese authorities have reported shortages of protective medical equipment.
The Tashkent cabinet said in a statement it was preparing a second shipment. It did not specify whether the flights were headed for the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, Beijing, or another location in China.
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