Covid Medical Aid To India

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "without doubt" lost the moral authority to rule for not standing with people in need of medical aid during the second wave of COVID-19.

Several US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to ensure that India receives enough COVID-19 vaccines and medical aid, saying the health crisis in the country is "devastating".

MG Motor India collaborated with Vadodara-based Devnandan Gases to increase the production of medical oxygen in the city and now the production of medical oxygen has increased by 30.1 per cent.

As India battles a severe wave of coronavirus pandemic, Egypt has sent 30 tonnes of medical supplies, including 300 oxygen cylinders, 50 oxygen concentrators, and 8,000 vials of Remdesivir.

Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates has set up a humanitarian air bridge aimed at transporting urgent medical and relief items into India for free to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline has said.

Indian Navy tanker ship INS Airavat arrived in Visakhapatnam today with 8 cryogenic Oxygen tanks and other critical COVID-19 medical stores from Singapore.

Foreign donors providing medical supplies to India in support of its COVID-19 response are being apprised of the allocation of the aid to various states and Union Territories, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.

A shipment carrying two oxygen generators, 548 oxygen concentrators, 365 ventilators and other medical equipment arrived in Delhi on Tuesday from Ireland to provide support India's fight against the second COVID-19 surge.

The coronavirus pandemic has triggered an unprecedented situation and India is not looking at medical supplies and assistance by its partners and friends in terms of any policy framework, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday.

Two massive military transport aircraft are on their way to India from the US carrying medical equipment to help in the fight against a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Germany will "in the coming days" deliver medical equipment to India to help contain a surge in coronavirus infections, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

France will send medical equipment, ventilators, liquid oxygen containers and oxygen generators to enhance India's capabilities in fighting the deadly second wave of Covid infections, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday.

Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000.

India has asked the European Union to send medical oxygen and Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, an EU official said on Monday, adding that the aid could be made available soon.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "without doubt" lost the moral authority to rule for not standing with people in need of medical aid during the second wave of COVID-19.

Several US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to ensure that India receives enough COVID-19 vaccines and medical aid, saying the health crisis in the country is "devastating".

MG Motor India collaborated with Vadodara-based Devnandan Gases to increase the production of medical oxygen in the city and now the production of medical oxygen has increased by 30.1 per cent.

As India battles a severe wave of coronavirus pandemic, Egypt has sent 30 tonnes of medical supplies, including 300 oxygen cylinders, 50 oxygen concentrators, and 8,000 vials of Remdesivir.

Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates has set up a humanitarian air bridge aimed at transporting urgent medical and relief items into India for free to help the country in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline has said.

Indian Navy tanker ship INS Airavat arrived in Visakhapatnam today with 8 cryogenic Oxygen tanks and other critical COVID-19 medical stores from Singapore.

Foreign donors providing medical supplies to India in support of its COVID-19 response are being apprised of the allocation of the aid to various states and Union Territories, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.

A shipment carrying two oxygen generators, 548 oxygen concentrators, 365 ventilators and other medical equipment arrived in Delhi on Tuesday from Ireland to provide support India's fight against the second COVID-19 surge.

The coronavirus pandemic has triggered an unprecedented situation and India is not looking at medical supplies and assistance by its partners and friends in terms of any policy framework, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday.

Two massive military transport aircraft are on their way to India from the US carrying medical equipment to help in the fight against a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Germany will "in the coming days" deliver medical equipment to India to help contain a surge in coronavirus infections, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

France will send medical equipment, ventilators, liquid oxygen containers and oxygen generators to enhance India's capabilities in fighting the deadly second wave of Covid infections, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday.

Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000.

India has asked the European Union to send medical oxygen and Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, an EU official said on Monday, adding that the aid could be made available soon.