The second plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry with a cargo of humanitarian aid landed in India. The aircraft took off from the Zhukovsky airport near Moscow the night before and arrived in New Delhi early in the morning on April 29.
On the evening of April 28, the first Russian airliner with medical equipment arrived in the Indian capital to combat the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country.
IL-76 aircraft delivered over 22 tons of medicines, medical products and equipment, including ventilators, as humanitarian aid.
India’s assistance was directed in accordance with the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the framework of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
In turn, the White House announced the dispatch of humanitarian aid to India to fight COVID-19 worth more than $ 100 million.
We are talking about ventilators, tests for coronavirus, drugs “Remdesivir” for the treatment of infections and personal protective equipment.
In addition, the United States will redirect its order for 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine from the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca to India.
According to the latest data, India has a new world record for the incidence of COVID-19, with 360,960 new cases of coronavirus infection detected there per day.
The number of deaths per day increased by 3293 – up to 201,187.
India has the second highest incidence of COVID-19 after the United States. Over the entire time of the pandemic, the number of cases in the country has reached almost 18 million people.