On Tuesday, Ethiopia sent a plane with medical supplies to Mogadishu to help Somalia in the face of growing Coronavirus scare.
Last week, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma sent a planeload of similar donations to help the Horn of Africa nation to deal with the threat of Coronavirus.
Coronavirus pandemic has struck fear across the region and worldwide. It has killed close to 20,000 people globally.
Somalia announced its first Coronavirus case last week. It then closed its borders to international flights.
Earlier this week, it lifted the ban for two days to enable Somalis stuck in different parts of the world to return home.
Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire announced that the Federal Government of Somalia received the medical supplies from Jack Ma via Ethiopia.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed supervised the delivery to the Somali capital after being entrusted with the supplies by Ma’s Alibaba Group.