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ATHENS, June 16-- China's Mammoth Foundation has donated key laboratory testing equipment for COVID-19 to Greece to assist the country's fight against the pandemic. An online signing ceremony for the donation agreement was held on Tuesday with officials and experts by both sides applauding the Chinese charity organization's initiative as another example of true friendship and cooperation between the two nations. The Huoyan(Fire Eye) lab core equipment developed by Chinese biotech company BGI Group was donated to the National Kapodistrian University of Athens' (NKUA) Microbiology Lab to help improve the overall detection flux. As Greece has reopened as of Monday to tourism, the strengthening of its diagnosis capability is of critical importance, Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said during the event that was hosted at NKUA's headquarters. "The bond between the Greek people and Chinese people obviously and without a doubt has grown stronger during these difficult months," the minister said. He added that he will never forget that he was at the Athens international airport in March when an Air China plane landed carrying the first significant aid to Greece in the battle against the coronavirus. Many more such precious loads reached Athens in the following weeks, helping the Greek government to implement measures to save lives. "That wouldn't have been possible, and I have to be frank and honest about that, if it wasn't for the cooperation and the solidarity and the help of China," Kikilias said. | 
