Medical supplies: How much China has donated to the U.S.

As the coronavirus sweeps the world, China has reached out to offer help to a thread of countries including the worst-hit U.S. where over 1.2 million cases have been detected.

Hua Chunying, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said according to statistics, as of this Wednesday, some Chinese provinces and cities, as well as institutions and enterprises have donated:

Over 9.6 million masks, 500,000 testing kits, 305,900 pair of gloves including surgical gloves, 133,500 pair of goggles, to 30 U.S. states and 55 U.S. cities.

While according to an estimate by Chinese customs, between March 1 and May 5, China has shipped to the U.S.:

Over 6.6 billion masks, 344 million pairs of surgical gloves, 44.09 million sets of protective gowns, 6.75 million pairs of goggles and 7,500 ventilators.

Speaking at Thursday's daily briefing, Hua promised that China will continue to provide assistance and support as it can to the world including the United States.

"We see the American people are currently being torn by COVID-19 pandemic, we hope they overcome this as soon as possible," Hua said.