R40m worth of test kits and hospital equipment on its way to South Africa
The German government will send test kits and other hospital equipment worth R40-million to South Africa to help fight Covid-19 in the country, its ambassador said on Monday morning.
“I can assure you my government will be willing and able to help countries like South Africa to get out of this out of this terrible spread of the coronavirus,” Martin Schäfer said during an interview with Stephen Grootes on SAfm Sunrise.
The German ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini said the decision was taken two weeks ago after meeting with South African partners.
In a video on his Twitter page, he said the funds would be handled by Germany’s state-owned development bank, KFW, and the department of health.
“The coronavirus affects us all. We are trying to be of assistance. We are in this together.”
On Sunday evening, the department of health announced that the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country had climbed to 1,280.
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