Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma donates coronavirus test kits and masks to the US.

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma says he donates 500,000 coronavirus test kits and a million protective face masks to the United States, Reuters reports. The Chinese billionaire has already promised 2 million protective masks to European countries. An initial shipment of test kits, medical supplies and 500,000 masks destined for Italy, severely affected by the virus, arrived at Liege airport in Belgium late Friday.

“The pandemic we face today cannot be resolved by any single country,” Ma said in a statement on Twitter. “We can’t beat this virus unless we eliminate resource limits and share our know-how and hard-earned lessons.” The US has lagged behind behind other countries testing for the coronavirus.

Ma started Alibaba in 1999 and helped it grow into a $ 420 billion company. Have been estimated net worth is about $ 37 billion.

President Trump declared a national emergency on Friday over the coronavirus, which according to the World Health Organization is a pandemic. Italy is one of the countries most severely affected by the virus, and the Italian government locked the entire country last week.

From Saturday morning 2,195 people in the US had tested positive for the coronavirus.