At least 1,500 oxygen concentrators were dispatched from Shanghai to Jakarta on Tuesday to help Indonesia handle an alarming surge of COVID-19 infections.
The oxygen concentrators are part of a donation of 11 thousand oxygen concentrators made by the Temasek Foundation and 15 Indonesian and Singaporean companies.
The donation was symbolically presented to the Indonesian government at the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing, in the presence of Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun.
The Indonesian Health Ministry will distribute the oxygen concentrators to hospitals and other health facilities in the country.
The remaining oxygen concentrators will be sent to Jakarta every week.
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The 15 Indonesian and Singapore companies who collaborated with Temasek Foundation in procuring the oxygen concentrators are Bakti Barito Foundation, Cikarang Listrindo, Dharma Satya Nusantara, East Ventures, Indies Capital Partners, Kino Indonesia, Sinar Mas, Tanoto Foundation, TBS Energi Utama, Triputra Group, UID Foundation, Wahana Artha, CapitaLand Hope Foundation, DBS Bank, and Singtel.
Chief of the Temasek International Foundation, Jennie Chua, has called for all parties in Indonesia and Singapore to support any effort to stem the new variant of COVID-19, which can spread more quickly.
"The Temasek Foundation and the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore are cooperating with the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs in facilitating cooperation and collaboration among many parties in Indonesia and Singapore in helping Indonesia overcome the current pandemic soon," he remarked.
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