A Vancouver Chinese-Canadian community group is stepping up to help ensure health care workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic have the supplies they need.
The B.C. Chinese Canadian Charity Group dropped off 150 sets of medical goggles, 150 protective suits and 200 full face masks at Vancouver General Hospital on Wednesday.
The gear is worth about $4,000 in total. “It’s not just herself or ourselves, we represent many in the Chinese community,” said spokesperson Caryn Zhang through a translator.
The group had been sending supplies to Wuhan, China, the initial ground zero of the pandemic. “Right now we want to provide some medical supplies to help the city.” The donations come as B.C.