To help India battle COVID-19, foreign aid is pouring in. As the second wave of the pandemic continues to extract a hefty toll and leads to a crippling shortage of medical supplies, we track the assistance from the world over, and what more is soon expected to reach.
A view of Remdesivir injection for treating coronavirus at Tiruchi. File
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Effective immediate allocation, and streamlined delivery to recipient States, Union Territories and institutions is an ongoing exercise, it said Nineteen oxygen generation plants, 11,321 oxygen concentrators, 15,801 oxygen cylinders and about 5.5 lakh Remdesivir vials received as global aid have been delivered or dispatched to various states and union territories from April 27 to May 16, the Centre said on Monday.
The government has been receiving international cooperation for COVID-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since April 27 from different countries and organisations.
Through a streamlined and systematic mechanism, various ministries and departments have seamlessly collaborated under the ‘whole of government’ approach for expeditiously delivering incoming global aid to states and union territories, the Union health ministry said.
NEW DELHI: Nineteen oxygen generation plants, 11,321 oxygen concentrators, 15,801 oxygen cylinders and about 5.5 lakh Remdesivir vials received as global aid have been delivered or dispatched to various states and union territories from April 27 to May 16, the Centre said on Monday.
The government has been receiving international cooperation for Covid-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since April 27 from different countries and organisations.
Through a streamlined and systematic mechanism, various ministries and departments have seamlessly collaborated under the whole of government approach for expeditiously delivering incoming global aid to states and union territories, the Union health ministry said.
It said that cumulatively, 11,321 oxygen concentrators, 15,801 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen generation plants, 7,470 ventilators or Bi-PAPs and about 5.5 lakh Remdesivir vials have been delivered or dispatched through road and air from April 27 to May 16.
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Through a streamlined and systematic mechanism, various ministries and departments have seamlessly collaborated under the whole of government approach for expeditiously delivering incoming global aid to states and union territories, the Union health ministry said.
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The government has been receiving international cooperation for COVID-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since April 27
Nineteen oxygen generation plants, 11,321 oxygen concentrators, 15,801 oxygen cylinders and about 5.5 lakh Remdesivir vials received as global aid have been delivered or dispatched to various states and union territories from April 27 to May 16, the Centre said on Monday.
The government has been receiving international cooperation for COVID-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since April 27 from different countries and organisations.
3 held for black marketing of Oxygen cylinders in Bengaluru ANI | Updated: May 14, 2021 08:43 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 14 (ANI): Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Thursday arrested three for black marketing of Oxygen cylinders. CCBBengaluru have arrested three who were involved in black marketing of Oxygen cylinders. The names of the accused are Manjunath, Rajkumar, Anil Kumar, said Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime.
Earlier, several cases of black marketing have been registered in different parts of the country including Delhi, Madhya Pradesh
Meanwhile, India welcomed 1,200 oxygen cylinders from the British Oxygen Company that arrived from the UK on Thursday as part of COVID assistance to help deal with the record rise in virus cases that has put a strain on the healthcare infrastructure of the country. (ANI)