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Posted at Apr 01 2020 11:13 AM
The city of Imus in Cavite on Tuesday received 20,000 face masks from Zhoushan City in China. Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi
MANILA – The city of Imus in Cavite has received 20,000 face masks from its “sister city” in China, Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi said Tuesday.
In a Facebook post, Maliksi thanked Zhoushan City for its “timely donation.”
Today the City of Imus received 20,000 surgical masks from Zhoushan City, one of our sister cities.
The message on the boxes reads “Zhoushan Municipal People’s Government firmly stands with our sister city of Imus, the Philippines to meet all challenges together”.
On behalf of the City of Imus, I would like to thank Zhoushan City, represented by its Deputy Director for Foreign Affairs Mr. Zhuang Haibo, for this timely donation.
This was made possible through the coordination of the City of Imus International Affairs Unit headed by Mr Christian Sison.
Malaking tulong ito sa ating mga frontliners. Maraming salamat po.
“The message on the boxes reads ‘Zhoushan Municipal People’s Government firmly stands with our sister city of Imus, the Philippines to meet all challenges together,'” the mayor said.
“Malaking tulong ito sa ating mga frontliners. Maraming salamat po.”
(This is a great help to all of our frontliners. Thank you very much.)
The city has so far recorded 12 cases of COVID-19, including 3 deaths. The country in total has confirmed 88 deaths out of 2,084 cases, as of Tuesday.
