Medical shipment arrives in Delhi as Covid-19 deaths near 200,000
Supplies from UK include 100 ventilators, while France is sending oxygen generators
27 April 2021 - 16:30
New Delhi — Vital medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000.
A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi, said Reuters partner ANI, while France is sending oxygen generators able to provide 250 patients with a year’s worth of the gas, its embassy said...
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