United States USA Covid assistance, grant help to India

 

UNITED STATES DELIVERS SIX PLANES TO INDIA WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO COMBAT COVID-19 SURGE

• 20,000 courses of remdesivir (125,000 vials) to help treat critically ill patients.
• Nearly 1,500 oxygen cylinders to address India’s critical oxygen shortage, which can be repeatedly refilled at local supply centers.
• Nearly 550 mobile oxygen concentrators that obtain oxygen from ambient air. These units have a lifespan of more than five years and can serve multiple patients at once, depending on their oxygen needs.
• One million rapid diagnostic tests to quickly identify COVID-19 cases and prevent community spread.
• Nearly 2.5 million N95 masks to protect health care professionals and other frontline workers.
• A large-scale Deployable Oxygen Concentration System that can provide oxygen to treat 20 or more patients at a time.
• 210 pulse oximeters to measure oxygen levels in a patient’s blood to determine whether a higher level of care is needed.    Courtesy USAID

https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/may-6-2021-united-states-delivers-six-planes-india-emergency-medical-supplies