South Korea comes to SA’s assistance with Covid-19 support

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The Embassy of the Republic of Korea has made a major donation to South Africa's efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic through the donation of 35,000 masks and 1.2 tons of disinfectant, with Covid-19 detection test kits still to come.

Minister Counsellor Bong-kyu Choi from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Pretoria delivered the face masks and disinfectant worth R 650,000 to Lebo Lebese at the South African Department of Health on Wednesday. The donation is to help local medical staff, soldiers and police officers to work more safely. A generous allocation of 5,000 face masks were delivered directly from the Korean Embassy to South African Korean War Veterans and their families.

The antivirus disinfectant was donated by Korean companies in South Africa such as GP&E which also donated one ton of G.SOL to Ethiopia and Indonesia respectively. G.SOL is a long-lasting surface disinfectant that lasts for three to six months, unlike other alcohol-based disinfectants that lose

 

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