SHANGHAI (Bernama): A charter flight carrying 12 Chinese medical experts and over 17 tonnes of supplies headed for Milan, Italy on Wednesday (March 18) to aid the country's fight against the Covid-19 outbreak, reported Xinhua news agency.
Operated by China Eastern Airlines, the flight took off around 11.26am from the Shanghai Pudong International Airport and is scheduled to arrive in Milan at 4.31pm Wednesday local time.
The experts came from various hospitals and the centre for disease control and prevention in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. The supplies included medicine, testing reagents protective gear, as well as equipment used in intensive care units such as ventilators and monitors.-Bernama
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