Billionaires working with the Chinese government have facilitated ventilator donations to New York to treat patients with Covid-19, as the pandemic accelerates toward a peak in the worst-hit US state.
As New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced the news. Cuomo said he had obtained 1,000 ventilators from the Chinese government with the help of billionaires Joseph and Clara Tsai and Alibaba founder Jack Ma. Oregon had loaned New York another 140, he said.