Photo taken on March 17, 2020 shows 50 boxes of masks donated to Italy's Venice by eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. (Photo provided to Xinhua)
NANJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The eastern Chinese city of Suzhou has donated 20,000 N95 masks to Venice, its sister city in Italy, to support the fight against the coronavirus outbreak, the municipal government said.
On Wednesday, 50 boxes of masks were sent to Italy via a temporary flight from Shanghai to Milan operated by China Eastern Airlines.
Photo shows Chinese and Italian characters including 'Go Venice' attached on the box packages of masks. (Photo provided to Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 6 shows a letter of sympathy by the city mayor of Suzhou to the mayor of Italy's Venice. (Photo provided to Xinhua)
The masks were part of Suzhou's humanitarian aid to Venice amid the outbreak and showed its support to the people in the Italian city, according to the Suzhou municipal government.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the sister city relationship forged between Suzhou and Venice in 1980. ■
