Indian Envoy to Brussels Santosh Jha on her tweet thanked EU leadership and member states for the assistance.
Several European Union (EU) member states have teamed up to assist India as it deals with the covid crisis by sending Oxygen Concentrators, Oxygen Generators, Remdesivir, Ventilators. The member states are sending supplies to India under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism that was activated to send the assistance.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission in a tweeted statement said," the EU stands with India. The first shipment of urgently needed oxygen, medicine and equipment will be delivered over the coming days under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism."
Indian Envoy to Brussels Santosh Jha on her tweet thanked EU leadership and member states for the assistance, highlighting, "Cooperation and solidarity has always been the hallmark of the India-EU Strategic Partnership."
Under the mechanism, Ireland will send 700 oxygen concentrators, 1 oxygen generator, 365 ventilators, Belgium will send 9,000 doses of antiviral medicines Remdesivir, Romania will send 80 oxygen concentrators and 75 oxygen cylinders, Luxembourg will send 58 ventilators, Portugal will send 5,503 vials of Remdesivir and 20,000 liters of oxygen per week and Sweden 120 ventilators.
Commissioner for the EU Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič said, "the EU stands in full solidarity with the Indian people and is ready to do our utmost to support them at this critical time. I would like to thank our Member States that came in numerously with generous offers of help, showing that the EU is a trusted partner and a friend at times of need".
EU's entire assistance is being coordinated by the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) of the European Commission which basically is providing logistical arrangements.
Earlier on Monday, France announced assistance in 2 phases. Phase 1 arriving this week will have, 8 large Oxygen Generating Plants, Liquid Oxygen, Respiratory material - 28 respirators and their consumables, and 200 electric syringe pushers. Phase 2, starting next week will have 5 liquid oxygen containers.
In a Facebook post in Hindi, French President Emmanuel Macron had put a message on France's "solidarity mission" for India saying, "Solidarity is at the heart of the friendship between France and India. We will win this fight together."
Germany will send Mobile oxygen production plant that will be made available for 3 months, 120 ventilators, more than 80 million KN95 masks. A Webinar on testing, RNA sequencing of Coronavirus is also being planned. Already, the AFMS (Armed Forces Medical Services) is importing 23 mobile oxygen generation plants from Germany for deployment in hospitals.
Meanwhile, as the international community pitches in to support India, a high-level Inter-Ministerial group has established procedure for "immediate clearance" of the material support. Support would be then be dispatched to recipient institutions across the country.
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