The South Asian Country is struggling with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic due to a new strain, and to make the situation worse, country's health care apparatus is put under litmus. Oxygen cylinders ,containers, essential equipments and medicines have gone scarce. India is trying to source them in an war mode.
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To alleviate the oxygen cylinders load , freight operator spicejet has airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong today and trying to source 10,000 more.
SpiceJet, India’s No. 1 air cargo operator, airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong to India this evening, for emergency use & distribution across the country. We're working to bring more than 10,000 more oxygen concentrators from across the world in the next few weeks.
In another development, india sourced the cryogenic oxygen containers from the neighbourhood. Four such containers were airlifted by an Indian Air force C-17 aircraft from Changi Airport Singapore.
We stand with India in its fight against Covid-19. Through a bilateral and multi-agency effort, an @IAF_MCC transport plane picked up 4 cryogenic oxygen containers at @ChangiAirport in Singapore this morning. ???????????????????? @PMOIndia @MEAIndia @SpokespersonMoD @IndiainSingapor pic.twitter.com/mU59w1yAw6
— Singapore in India (@SGinIndia) April 24, 2021
Update is - The C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force has reached the indian Panagarh airbase few hours from now and being dispatched to the destination.
Cryogenic oxygen containers reached Panagarh airbase from Singapore , Picture - Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force has come forward with its resources to airlift "medical personnel, critical equipment and medicines" within the country or from abroad . Apart from Singapore, the indian government is trying to source oxygen tankers from the UAE.
Display Picture - Spicejet.
