Israel sending life-saving equipment to India to fight COVID-19: Foreign Minister Ashkenazi
ISRAEL: Israel will send life-saving equipment to India, including individual oxygen generators to help the country address the difficult situation with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
“India is one of Israel’s closest and most important friends. We stand with India, particularly during these difficult times India is experiencing, and are sending life-saving equipment to our Indian brothers and sisters,” said Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry in a press release said that hundreds of oxygen generators, respirators, and medical equipment for India – medical assistance to India following the country’s coronavirus crisis.
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A man walks carrying a refilled cylinder as family members of COVID-19 patients wait in queue to refill their oxygen cylinders at Mayapuri area in New Delhi, India, May 3, 2021. (Ishant Chauhan/AP)
The Foreign Ministry said Monday that it is sending planeloads of medical equipment, including respirators, oxygen generators, and medicines to India, where the health system is collapsing under a wave of resurgent coronavirus infections
The shipments will include hundreds of oxygen generators, ventilators, and medical equipment that are urgently needed by India, the ministry said in a statement.
The first batches will be sent Tuesday and the rest throughout the week.
The first shipments will be sent tomorrow and the rest throughout the week, the ministry says.
“India is one of Israel’s closest and most important friends. Especially in this difficult period that India is going through, we stand by it and are sending life-saving equipment to our Indian brethren,” says Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.
A shipment of medical equipment from Israel to India. (Courtesy of the Foreign Ministry)
India’s medical system has been severely strained by the country’s COVID-19 outbreak.
India reported 368,147 new coronavirus cases and 3,417 deaths on Monday numbers that experts believe are vast undercounts because of a widespread lack of testing and incomplete reporting.
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