The NBA is all in to support the fight against the coronavirus
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is taking active measures to support China's efforts to battle against the outbreak of the coronavirus as the league made immediate donation of medical equipment to hospitals in Wuhan and shared its words of encourage to China at the ongoing NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
The NBA has made three batches of medical equipment worth 18.5 million yuan ($2.65 million) to the hospitals in Wuhan. A total of 55 monitors and a mobile digital x-ray machine have been put into use in the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University and the Wuhan No 4 hospital respectively, while a CT scanner will be delivered to the Leishenshan Hospital this weekend.
At the Rising Stars Game, a game played by the best first- and second-year US and international players during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago, a support message reads "Stay Strong Wuhan" was displayed on the jumbotron in the arena in English and Chinese.
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