COVID: Countries send aid to ease India's oxygen emergency

COVID: Countries send aid to ease India's oxygen emergency

By Naveel Krishant
Monday 26/04/2021
[Image: rnz.co.nz]

International efforts are underway to help India as the country suffers critical oxygen shortages amid a devastating surge in Covid cases.

The UK has begun sending ventilators and oxygen concentrator devices. EU members are also due to send aid.

The US is lifting a ban on sending raw materials abroad, enabling India to make more of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

India's capital Delhi has extended its lockdown as overcrowded hospitals continue to turn patients away.

The government has approved plans for more than 500 oxygen generation plants across the country to boost supplies.

[Source: BBC]

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