In a brief ceremony held on Thursday, April 16th, the Minister of Health, Pablo Marin, received on behalf of the Government of Belize, 60,000 face masks from the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) through its Ambassador to Belize, H.E. Remus Li-Kou Chen.
In addition to today’s donation, the Government of Taiwan will also donate six infrared thermal imaging cameras, to be shipped to Belize next week.
The equipment can be used to track the temperature of more than 10 persons at a time on the monitor.
They will be installed in hospitals where there is a large inflow of persons in order to detect anyone who might have a fever.
The Government of Taiwan has also pledged financial support to the Ministry of Health to purchase 200,000 additional face masks, 40 portable pulse oximeters, 400,000 disposable gloves, and other laboratory supplies to help combat the Coronavirus pandemic.
