Coronavirus: Diamond Community Urged to Help Hospitals in Surat a
nd Mumbai April 29, 21 by John Jeffay
(IDEX Online) - An emergency fundraising campaign has been launched by the WFDB to send medication a
nd equipment to India as it battles a catastrophic spike in Covid fatalities.
The global diamond community is being urged to contribute as the official number of COVID-19 deaths today hit 200,000. Many experts fear the real figure is far higher.
The executive committee of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses agreed yesterday to take urgent action to help hospitals in the manufacturing and trading hubs of Surat and Mumbai.