United Kingdom Supplied Vital Covid Medicines, Ventilators & Oxygen Concentrators to India
New Delhi, 27 April 2021 – Shipment of the vital medical supplies from the United Kingdom including those 100 crucial ventilators and 95 Oxygen concentrators have now arrived in India earlier this morning. This information is as per the statement that has been released by the Ministry of External Affairs.
The logistics operations when it comes to the aircraft that have been put in motion to allow for the inputs from several parts of the world, including the United Kingdom over a year that has arrived in the capital, as has been mentioned by the Ministry of External Affairs.
As far as the logistics and distribution are concerned about all the aid which we are getting from our friendly nations, the United Kingdom or UAE or Singapore, so, it depends on actually on central government and, and COVID task force. So, it remains to be seen that’s how these types of equipment or other things, including medicines and the other equipment, including the oxygen concentrators. How’s it going to be distributed, it remains to be seen, but one thing is sure that the help has started arriving as to India now.
Today, the UAE has also sent the first batch of its help and the first batch of Sputnik V, the vaccine which has been approved by India, from Russia, that is also going to be checked India on May 1, what we are hearing from our sources. So, now we can say that foreign aid has also started arriving and now it remains to be seen and how the central government distributing this help among the states.
And yesterday, the Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan also went ahead and mentioned in his tweet, at this point they are working to allow for those special crucial medical supplies including the oxygen concentrators, oxygen tankers, and the ventilators that are being allowed to enter into the region enter into the country, by air by sea by road and by railways and being transported from one region to another within the country as well on steadfast basis.
The way the central government has moved into action and coordinating with the state government. So, it is clear that a clear policy will be in place and swift action will take place. Swift mobilization of the resources as swift distribution of this medical aid will take place among the affected states.
Like we receive some aid from Singapore that has reached Maharashtra which is one of the worst affected states of COVID-19 second wave. Now as the other like UK, UAE and Russia’s help also reaching in India. So we are hoping that the central government will soon come out with the policy or with us with some strategy to distribute it to the affected state.
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