Israel Donates Wheelchairs to Coronavirus-Stricken Ecuador
by Algemeiner Staff
Israel donated a shipment of wheelchairs on Friday to the mayor of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, one of the Latin American nations hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The wheelchairs will contribute to the recovery of patients with Covid19 in the Quito Temporary Care Center,” Amir Sagron — deputy chief of mission and consul of Israel in Ecuador — tweeted.
In the name of the State of Israel ??, the Embassy of Israel in Ecuador presented a special donation of wheelchairs to the Mayor of Ecuador’s capital-Quito, Jorge Yunda ??
The wheelchairs will contribute to the recovery of patients with Covid19 in the Quito Temporary Care Center pic.twitter.com/m3S5O1Sbca
— Amir Sagron (@AmirSagron) June 5, 2020
Ecuador, a country of 17 million people, has seen over 40,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and more than 3,000 deaths.