India receives first shipment of UK COVID medical aid: Live news

As India battles a second wave of the pandemic, UK sends 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators in first shipment.

India is in the grip of an enormous second wave of the pandemic and is struggling to tackle surging coronavirus infections that are overwhelming its hospitals and even the crematoriums. Many countries including the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States have pledged to send urgent medical aid, with the first shipment from the UK arriving on Tuesday. The World Health Organization chief described the situation in the world’s second-most populous country as “beyond heartbreaking” as the WHO was planning to provide extra staff and supplies including oxygen concentrator devices.