The second wave of COVID is wreaking havoc in India with grim milestones being crossed everyday. The devastating reports and gut-wrenching images emerging from overrun hospitals and cremation sites speak volumes about the crisis the country is going through.
The country of 1.3 billion is now the global epicenter of the pandemic.
In this time of suffering, several countries from across the world are responding to the humanitarian crisis. Not just the expression of solidarity, countries, including Pakistan, are sending the much-needed medical equipment, oxygen, among other things.
The Pakistani government is sending ventilators, PPEs, and other relief material to India.
¡°As a gesture of solidarity with the people of India in the wake of the current wave of COVID-19, Pakistan has offered to provide relief support to India including ventilators, Bi PAP, digital X ray machines, PPEs, and related items,¡± a government spokesperson said in an April 25 statement.
Social welfare organisation Edhi Foundation has expressed to send a fleet of 50 ambulances manned by Pakistani health professionals to help in India¡¯s pandemic response.
They are awaiting clearance from the Modi government.
The Saudi government sent 80 metric tons of liquid oxygen on April 24 via the Indian-owned shipping companies Adani Group and Linde.
Germany sent 23 mobile oxygen generation plants for use in military units tending to Covid-19 patients. They are expected to arrive this week.
The Indian Air Force picked up four cryogenic oxygen tanks donated by Singapore on April 24.
The UK rushed 140 ventilators and 495 oxygen generators to Delhi, according to the Guardian.?
Prime minister Boris Johnson said that he¡¯s ¡°determined to make sure that the UK does everything it can to support the international community in the global fight against pandemic.¡±