China's medical supplies donation to Philippines arrives in Manila 

China has donated a total of 100,000 test kits for novel coronavirus and other medical supplies to the Philippines to help the country battle COVID-19. China's cargo flight, which carried the medical supplies, arrived in Manila on Saturday morning. 

Along with the test kits, there were 10,000 personal protective equipment, 100,000 surgical masks and 10,000 N95 masks.

"We firmly believe that with our joint efforts in fighting the virus hand in hand, the China-Philippines relationship will be further deepened and strengthened," Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said in a speech at the ceremony.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin thanked China for its "tremendous help" amid concerns that the Philippines is running low of supply of COVID-19 test kits.

As of Friday, the country had reported 230 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths.