United against COVID-19, sending masks to nursing homes in France
As COVID-19 spread across the world, the supply of masks and other medical material has become a hot and sometimes highly controversial topic. In March, French people living in Shanghai throughout the crisis, such as our Managing Director, discovered that nursing homes in France, hosting the most vulnerable population of elderly people, were not given priority amidst a massive shortage of masks.
The first French nursing home received the masks
Siveco joined a group of 7 French enterprises in Shanghai to purchase and donate FFP2 masks to selected nursing homes ran by non-for-profit organizations. The donations aimed at keeping their staff equipped for around 2 months, a time long enough to hopefully offer protection until the pandemic slows to a halt. Ensuring that the masks could reach their final recipients proved to be the biggest challenge… The first batch of masks finally reached the first retirement home at the beginning of May and more are still on the way.
The Siveco team is thankful to all involved in this and similar initiatives! The 7 companies are Abacare, Coster Associates, Epermarket, Expatrimo, French Dentists, SAE Asia and Siveco China. Thanks to all who have demonstrated the strong friendship between the people of China and France, from the early says of the Wuhan epidemic to the current crisis in France and elsewhere in the world.
