Paul Pogba to Bill Gates: How world billionaires are helping fight coronavirus

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
Lifestyle

Different billionaires and famous personalities among them Paul Pogba have come together to help countries affected by coronavirus.

Below is how they are helping to fight the epidemic.

  1. Jack Ma

Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, will donate masks, test kits and protective suits to all countries in Africa to help the continent in its fight against the novel coronavirus.

Ma's foundation will donate a total of 1.1 million testing kits, six million masks, and 60,000 protective suits and face shields.
They will also work with local medical institutions on the continent to provide online training material for coronavirus clinical treatments.

"The world cannot afford the unthinkable consequences of a COVID-19 pandemic in Africa," he said in a statement tweeted Monday.
The items will be delivered to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will oversee the distribution of the supplies to other African countries, Ma said.
Unlike International celebrities below are posted by Kenyan celebs
Mercy Kyallo penned,

'Basking. The Stigma around Corona has me self medicating my flu 😷 . Every sneeze 🤧 and everyone around me wants run & hide. Staying home & warm.'

Tanasha wrote,

'Guys, with the ongoing pandemic, kindly lets avoid staying ignorant during these tough times that the world is going through.

Kindly FOLLOW THE TIPS ON THE PICTURE and stay safe.

Let’s also remember to pray.'