New Delhi: As India battles in opposition to the second wave of COVID-19, the Tata Group on Tuesday (April 19, 2021) mentioned that it’s importing 24 cryogenic containers to transport liquid oxygen and help ease the oxygen shortage in the country.
The announcement got here after PM Narendra Modi’s deal with to the nation on the coronavirus state of affairs.
The Tata Group took to their official Twitter account and mentioned, “PM Narendra Modi’s appeal to the people of India is laudatory and we at the Tata Group, are committed to doing as much as possible to strengthen the fight against COVID-19. To mitigate the oxygen crisis, here is one such effort to boost health Infrastructure. The Tata group is importing 24 cryogenic containers to transport liquid oxygen and help ease the oxygen shortage in the country.”
The Tata group is importing 24 cryogenic containers to transport liquid oxygen and help ease the oxygen shortage in the country. #ThisIsTata@PMOIndia @narendramodi @AmitShah
— Tata Group (@TataCompanies) April 20, 2021
Given the oxygen disaster, we’re placing in all our efforts to help India’s healthcare infrastructure. #ThisIsTata pic.twitter.com/24xqxjZLO9
— Tata Group (@TataCompanies) April 20, 2021
This comes a day after Tata Steel introduced that they’re supplying 200-300 tons of Liquid Medical Oxygen each day to varied State governments and hospitals.
“We are in this fight together & will surely win it!” the Tata Steel had expressed.
Medical oxygen is important to the remedy of #COVID19 sufferers. Responding to the National urgency, we’re supplying 200-300 tons of Liquid Medical Oxygen each day to varied State governments & hospitals. We are in this struggle collectively & will certainly win it! @PMOIndia @TataCompanies
— Tata Steel (@TataSteelLtd) April 18, 2021
Earlier on Tuesday, throughout an deal with to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra acknowledged that the Centre is working in tandem with the state governments to avail them the requisite quantity of vaccines, oxygen and medicines.
“This time the demand for oxygen has spiked in many parts. We are working on this. Centre, states and private sectors are trying to ensure every needy patient gets oxygen. New oxygen plants in states, using industrial oxygen for medical use, Oxygen Express – we are doing everything,” he mentioned.
The Prime Minister referred to as the COVID-19 second wave ‘a storm’ and mentioned that the country is as soon as once more ‘preventing an enormous battle’.
This is to be famous that India is registering over 2.50 lakh new COVID-19 cases each day for the previous few days which has resulted in the unavailability of beds and oxygen shortage in hospitals throughout the country.
The information by the Union Health Ministry confirmed that there have been 2,59,170 new COVID-19 cases and 1,761 deaths between Monday and Tuesday morning.
India, the second worst-hit country in the world after the United States, now has a complete of 1,53,21,089 COVID-19 infections, of which, 20,31,977 are lively cases. So far, the Indians have additionally witnessed 1,80,530 coronavirus-related fatalities.
