Authorities of Hainan province provided free masks of foreigners

Russian-speaking foreigners now in Hainan Province, China, quarantined in connection with the coronavirus epidemic, received free medical masks from the provincial authorities. Read also: SOS from Hainan: the resort island almost ran out of protective masks According to the official Russian-language tourist portal of Hainan province Hainan Life, the Foreign Affairs Office of Hainan capital city of Haikou provided 300 medical masks for free distribution to Russian-speaking foreign citizens on the island. The distribution of masks was carried out by the editorial board of Hainan Life. The number, of course, is small, but in conditions of acute shortage of masks expensive costs. This is the second time that foreign citizens in Hainan have been given medical masks free of charge. In the first case, they were sent by China's volunteer organizations. According to the news agency, Hainan province almost ran out of medical masks. They are lacking in both people on the island and ordinary hospitals not involved in anti-epidemic activities.