Personal protective equipment (PPE) including medical masks and suits are packed and loaded at UNICEF’s global supply hub in Copenhagen, Demark on January 28, 2020. UNICEF’s first medical supplies shipment to China arrived in Shanghai on January 29 to support the country’s efforts on combating the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. The shipment was sent to Wuhan on January 30.

A Shanghai-bound flight is loaded with over 5 tons of protective equipment including medical suits and masks at an airport in Copenhagen on January 28, 2020. The UNICEF shipment arrived in Shanghai on January 29. The medical supplies arrived in Wuhan on January 30 to support the country’s efforts on combating the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. . ©UNICEF/Asamoah

Jacob Mbeya, UNICEF Deputy Representative to China, presents a certificate of supplies to Xu Xingfeng, Deputy Commissioner of the Commissioner’s Office in Shanghai with the Ministry of Commerce at a cargo area at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on January 29, 2020. A UNICEF shipment that included respiratory masks and protective suits for health workers landed in Shanghai to assist with the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. The shipment reached Wuhan on January 30. UNICEF said it will send more supplies in the coming days and weeks. ©UNICEF/China/2020/Fang Zhe

Local custom workers inspect a UNICEF shipment at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on January 29, 2020. The shipment arrived in Shanghai on January 29, 2020 to support the country’s response to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. The supplies were sent to Wuhan and arrived on January 30. UNICEF said it will send more supplies in the coming days and weeks. UNICEF/China/2020/Fang Zhe

Boxes of protective equipment including medical masks and protective suits are transported at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on January 29, 2020. The UNICEF shipment arrived in Shanghai on January 29 to support the country’s response to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. The supplies were then sent to Wuhan on January 30. UNICEF said it will send more supplies in the coming days and weeks. ©UNICEF/China/2020/Fang Zhe