Shopee donates 100K PPEs, 3K test kits to hospitals

E-commerce platform Shopee said Tuesday it has donated thousands of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test kits to various hospitals in Luzon.

In a statement, Shopee said it donated 100,000 surgical masks and 3,000 Food and Drug Administration-approved COVID-19 test kits to support public hospitals and front-liners together with the Office of Senator Bong Go.

Shopee said the donations were distributed to over 40 hospitals across Luzon including public and private hospitals from Quezon City, Makati, Pasig, Quezon City, Rizal, and Batangas.

“It is important for us to tide through this fight against the COVID-19 outbreak as one community. Our medical front liners and hospitals in the Philippines are working around the clock to contain the outbreak and we applaud them for their hard work and dedication," said Martin Yu, associate director of Shopee Philippines.

"We are committed to doing what we can to support these medical front liners, the government, and the wider community during this period,” he added.

For his part, Go thanked the e-commerce platform for its donation.

“We laud Shopee for their generous donation and for stepping up their social responsibility efforts to help fight COVID-19.  Shopee, as an e-commerce platform, helps support our government’s efforts to promote social distancing by ensuring that consumers can get their goods safely and conveniently straight to their own homes,” the senator said.

Shopee said it will continue to work closely with the government and step up its response efforts in light of COVID-19.—AOL, GMA News