KATHMANDU: The Nepal Army (NA) on Tuesday brought around 18.84 tons of medical supplies from China.
According to Bigyan Dev Pandey, NA Spokesperson a Nepal Airlines wide-body plane landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport at around 9: 30 this morning from China’s Guangzhou bringing medical supplies such as personal protective equipment (PPE), N-95 masks and PCR test kits.
The Nepal Army had on Saturday brought some 10 containers of medical supplies by land route.
The NA has signed an agreement worth approximately Rs 2.25 billion with the Chinese government-owned Sinopharm Group to procure around 341 tons of medical supplies.
The Nepal Government had handed over the responsibility of procuring medical supplies from China through government to government (G2G) arrangements.
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