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ATHENS: Greek twins Marianna and Sofia Erotokritou delivered a fresh batch of thousands of protective face masks to the Greek police here on Wednesday to assist their country’s fight against COVID-19, continuing their work as informal ambassadors of Sino-Greek friendship in recent years.
The two young students, who have been living and studying in China since 2013, launched a campaign via WeChat to gather the supplies. Many of their Chinese friends donated sums for the purchase of 10,000 masks.
In May, they delivered 4,000 masks to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and 1,000 to a hospital in Athens.
On Wednesday, they handed over 2,000 masks to the Director of the Direct Action Directorate of Attica, Brigadier Konstantinos Koutsivitis.
“I would like to thank the Erotokritou family for their selfless aid in masks that they donated to our department. They will help us so that we can do our work better,” Koutsivitis told Xinhua.
Since Feb. 26, when the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in Greece, the country has registered over 3,040 infections, including 182 deaths.
After a full lockdown that lasted from March 23 to May 4, Greece is gradually returning to normalcy, but the need is still there for citizens to keep safe distances and wear masks in enclosed spaces.
