Egypt To Send India Medical Supplies To Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

Hala Zayed

CAIRO, May 2 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, announced yesterday that, 30 tonnes of medical supplies will be sent to India, to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement, the minister said, a shipment of 300 oxygen cylinders, 20 ventilators, 100 medical beds, 20 electrocardiography machines, 30 defibrillators and 50 electric syringe pumps will be sent to India.

The supplies will be delivered to India in cooperation with the Egyptian armed forces, the statement added.

India’s COVID-19 infections tally reached 19,164,969 yesterday, with a single-day spike of 401,993 cases, according to the Indian health ministry.