New Delhi: As India continues to face the mounting problem posed by the second wave of COVID-19, the nation on Wednesday (May 12) acquired coronavirus-related help from Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Two flights from Switzerland and the Netherlands arrived on the airport in Delhi on Wednesday (May 12) carrying medical support.
India is at the moment coping with a second COVID-19 wave that has swept via the nation, straining the nation`s well being infrastructure and overburdening frontline medical employees.
On May 7, the primary cargo containing 449 ventilators, 100 oxygen concentrators and different medical provides from the Netherlands arrived in India as part of humanitarian help.
Asserting that India values this assist from the Netherlands, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi knowledgeable that remaining medical tools could be shipped over the approaching days.
Earlier, India had acquired a consignment of 600 oxygen concentrators, 50 ventilators and different medical provides from Switzerland.
Switzerland stands with India in its hour of want and our goal is to get all potential help that we are able to as shortly as potential, mentioned Swiss Ambassador Dr. Ralf Heckner.
“Switzerland stands with India in its hour of need. At this point, our objective is to get all possible assistance to India that we can as quickly as possible. What we are witnessing today is international solidarity at its best. It is impressive to see how many countries and private businesses are stepping up to the plate,” mentioned Ambassador Heckner.
Several nations across the globe together with the UK, Russia, and the US have prolonged assist to India because it continues to wrestle with the rise in its well being infrastructure wants.
India reported a slight dip in new COVID-19 instances with 3,29,942 recent infections had been recorded within the final 24 hours, in keeping with Union Health Ministry on Tuesday (May 11).
