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2021-05-16 12:36:05 GMT2021-05-16 20:36:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KATHMANDU, May 16 (Xinhua) Nepal received a second shipment of China-donated oxygen cylinders on Sunday as the Himalayan country is facing a short supply of medical oxygen for a growing number of COVID-19 patients.
A Nepal Airlines plane landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 2:30 p.m. local time with oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators from China, Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of the airline, told Xinhua.
On Tuesday, Nepal received the first batch of oxygen cylinders from China.
According to Nepal s Ministry of Finance, there is an agreement with China for the delivery of oxygen cylinders on a grant basis, and some of them will be brought by air while the rest will be sent through the land route with Tibet of China.
Nepal receives China-donated oxygen cylinders
Xinhua
11 May 2021, 23:05 GMT+10
KATHMANDU, May 11 (Xinhua) The first shipment of China-donated oxygen cylinders and ventilators arrived in Nepal on Tuesday, which Nepali officials say are helpful in reducing the shortage of oxygen for COVID-19 patients in the country. A Nepal Airlines plane landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 16:00 local time with oxygen cylinders, ventilators and oxygen concentrators from Beijing, said Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of the airline. According to Nepal s Finance Ministry which has been coordinating with the Chinese side for the assistance, there is an agreement with China for the delivery.
2021-05-11 13:06:02 GMT2021-05-11 21:06:02(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KATHMANDU, May 11 (Xinhua) The first shipment of China-donated oxygen cylinders and ventilators arrived in Nepal on Tuesday, which Nepali officials say are helpful in reducing the shortage of oxygen for COVID-19 patients in the country.
A Nepal Airlines plane landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 16:00 local time with oxygen cylinders, ventilators and oxygen concentrators from Beijing, said Dim Prasad Poudel, managing director of the airline.
According to Nepal s Finance Ministry which has been coordinating with the Chinese side for the assistance, there is an agreement with China for the delivery.