The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou coordinated the collection of donation items worth RMB 75,000, consisting 35 boxes(501.8 kg) of protective clothing and medical equipment from the Sri Lankan community in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and other areas of China and arranged its transportation as diplomatic cargo through Shanghai, with the assistance of the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Shanghai, for urgent distribution among Medical and other frontline staff fighting against the COVID-19 epidemic in Sri Lanka. The cargo left for Sri Lanka from Shanghai through a Sri Lankan Airlines flight on 28 March 2020.
Consulate of Sri Lanka in Guangzhou, 30 March 2020