Vital Medical Supplies Reach India as COVID Deaths Near 200,000
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 close to 200,000.
A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in the capital New Delhi, though a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain had no surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to spare.
France is sending eight large oxygen-generating plants this week while Ireland, Germany and Australia are dispatching oxygen concentrators and ventilators, an Indian foreign ministry official said, underlining the crucial need for oxygen.
Some of India's richest people are forming bubbles with their families and staff, while others are leaving for homes outside of major cities as a virus resurgence overwhelms the country's medical system.
Google, Amazon, Blackstone Join Global Race To Fight India Covid Crisis Google, Amazon, Blackstone Join Global Race To Fight India Covid Crisis Ambani s Reliance, Tata Steel Ltd., ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India and JSW Steel Ltd. are among manufacturers that have diverted thousands of metric tons of liquid medical oxygen from their plants.
Health workers assist patients outside a quarantine center in Mumbai, on April 27.
As Indian authorities and hospitals struggle to cope with record Covid-19 infections and deaths, companies ranging from the nation s biggest conglomerate to global giants like Amazon.com Inc. are stepping in to help ease the crisis.
Singapore, April 29 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings on Thursday downgraded Future Retail to selective default (SD) on restructuring of onshore debt but kept the issue rating at CCC-minus.
U.S. Tells Citizens to Leave India as Covid Crisis Deepens Bloomberg 4 hrs ago Angus Whitley
(Bloomberg) The U.S. government told its citizens to get out of India as soon as possible as the country’s Covid-19 crisis worsens at an astonishing pace.
In a Level 4 travel advisory - the highest of its kind issued by the State Department U.S. citizens were told “not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so.” There are 14 direct daily flights between India and the U.S. and other services that connect through Europe, the department said.