AgroPages-FMC sends masks to help China fight virus-Agricultural news

A shipment of 60,000 respiratory masks landed in China on 27 February for distribution in five county-level hospitals in the Hubei province, the epicenter of the spreading novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

“Some of the hospitals in Hubei province are facing a shortage of medical supplies such as masks. The masks we are donating will benefit doctors and healthcare workers, and also help patients to recover and go back to their farming business as quickly as possible,” said Tracy Wu, FMC’s China President and Business Director for North Asia.

FMC’s shipment was sourced from different locations in the Americas, mobilizing FMC’s global capability and resources to procure, transport and deliver the urgently-needed masks to the hospitals in China. “We are putting all the necessary resources into helping China and working together with FMC teams from around the world for a coordinated response,” said Bethwyn Todd, President of FMC Asia Pacific.

With help from local authorities, the Hubei sales team identified the five hospitals in Suizhou, Jingzhou, Huangmei, Yangxin and Wuxue counties, where agriculture accounts for a significant part of the local economy. FMC China established a volunteer team to coordinate the donation process and arranged for the earliest delivery to the hospital staff, who expressed their sincere appreciation for the aid from FMC.