The eighth batch of China-aided emergency humanitarian in-kind assistance arrived at Yangon International Airport on April 22 at 12:30 local time. Counselor Ouyang Daobing from the Chinese Embassy and Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein were present at the airport to receive the shipment.

The eighth batch of supplies includes 24,600 bone plates, 132,000 bone screws, 4,526 intramedullary nails, 30 sets of tool kits, 1 million bottles of sodium penicillin for injection, 400,000 bottles of metronidazole tablets, 90,000 boxes of cefradine capsules, 300 boxes of medical disinfectant tablets, and 2,000 barrels of medical iodine cotton swabs.