People walk on a street in Guayaquil, Ecuador, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, May 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Vicente Gaibor del Pino.

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.