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China s Red Cross Society to Send $1 Million to India Amid COVID-19 Surge
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BEIJING (Sputnik) - The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) will transfer $1 million to its Indian counterpart to support the organization s efforts in fighting the raging COVID-19 pandemic in the country, China s ambassador to India, Sun Weidong, said on Sunday. RCSC also decided to provide $1 million in cash assistance to the Indian Red Cross Society through International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to help India fight against #COVID19, Weidong tweeted.
Earlier in the day, India, a nation of well over a billion people, received the first batch of COVID-19 humanitarian aid donated by the RCSC, consisting of 100 oxygen concentrators, 40 ventilators and other medical supplies.