Cameroon National Assembly speaker hails Chinese medical donations in fighting COVID-19

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Staff members carry medical supplies in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, April 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Qiao Benxiao)

Cameroon's House Speaker of National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has expressed gratitude to a Chinese firm for providing medical supplies in fighting COVID-19.

YAOUNDE, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon's House Speaker of National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has expressed gratitude to a Chinese firm for providing medical supplies in fighting COVID-19.

"(We) received a large batch of protective equipment against COVID-19 offered by the Chinese company BUCG (Beijing Urban Construction Group)... All our feelings of gratitude to the leaders of BUCG and the people of China," Cavaye told reporters after opening the plenary of the June session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.

BUCG is in charge of the construction of the new headquarters building of the National Assembly, a new Chinese government-aided project.

Cameroon has reported more than 8,500 COVID-19 cases since its first coronavirus infection on March 6, an imported case from Europe. ■