U.S. corporate sector sending more COVID-19 help to India
The Hindu
Thermo Fisher with the help of United Airlines on Saturday sent the much-needed supplies to India to help expand the COVID-19 testing, the company said.
America’s corporate sector is sending more medical assistance to India, including ventilators and oxygen concentrators, to help the country fight the deadly second wave of that has been infecting more than 4,00,000 people every day in recent days. Thermo Fisher with the help of United Airlines on Saturday sent the much-needed supplies to India to help expand the testing, the company said. “We are humbled to be able to help our colleagues in India, & the population as a whole in their efforts to get the surge under control,” it said.
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