国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Chinese community pooling efforts to help fight COVID-19 in U.S._时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Chinese community pooling efforts to help fight COVID-19 in U.S.

In the next step, protective masks would be donated to a local police precinct and nearby residents, said Zhu on Sunday.

Zhu told Xinhua the sales person from his company would drop several masks at the doorstep of each individual who is in contact with him and showed interests in getting the masks.

In February and March, Zhongke Health International has already handed out hundreds of masks to local residents, according to Zhu.

Jiang Mingtao, a ginseng grower in Marathon County in Wisconsin state, also has received around 1,000 surgical masks and 400 N95 masks from his friends and clients in China and donated them to local hospitals and police officers in last few days.

Jiang told Xinhua on Sunday that he has ordered 5,000 surgical masks and 1,000 N95 masks for donation and the first batch of masks should arrive on Monday.

Marathon Ginseng International Inc. launched by Jiang in 2010 has sent over 1,500 units of ginseng fibers for tea to clients across the United States for free, added Jiang.

Chinese Americans in Milwaukee of Wisconsin aim to raise 50,000 U.S. dollars to help fight COVID-19, according to Jiang.

Long Island Chinese American Association (LICAA) has donated 37,000 surgical masks and nearly 3,500 personal protective masks to ten hospitals including Nassau University Medical Center, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Stony Brook University Hospital and others, according to a post by LICAA on March 27.