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.
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A Singapore-based humanitarian organization will have nine months to transfer the items
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A Singapore-based humanitarian organization has been granted a sanctions exemption to donate COVID-19 testing kits and related items to local hospitals in North Korea by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions committee.
According to the United Nations (U.N.) website updated on Thursday, the 1718 Sanctions Committee granted a waiver to the Singapore Red Cross as “part of the COVID-19 prevention and control activities of the DPRK Red Cross Society.”
Exempted items listed include equipment and testing kits for COVID-19, as well as parts for medical instruments, such as rotors and PCR (polymerase chain reaction
Singapore Red Cross’ relief operations chart progress, medical supplies expected to reach seven states
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Corporate and public donations surpass S$3.2 million in two weeks
Singapore, 12 May 2021 - At today’s media briefing the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) announced progress in its humanitarian operations towards supporting the ongoing response to the COVID-19 outbreak in India. The first tranche of aid, worth about SGD 3.6 million, includes medical equipment such as oxygen concentrators, oxygen cylinders, and ventilators to directly support patients and healthcare workers in hospitals; as well as hygiene and medical kits for those in quarantine centres or under home quarantine, along with frontline workers and volunteers responding to the pandemic.
Singapore Red Cross raises more than S$3.2 million in donations to help India fight COVID-19 Toggle share menu
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Singapore Red Cross raises more than S$3.2 million in donations to help India fight COVID-19
The items being sent by the Singapore Red Cross will be distributed throughout India through the India Red Cross Society. (Photo: India Red Cross Society)
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Red Cross has received more than S$3.2 million in donations from organisations and individuals since the launch of its India COVID-19 public appeal two weeks ago, it said on Wednesday (May 12).