COVID-19 crisis: EU member states team up to support India
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SeveralEuropean Union (EU)memberstateshave teamed up to assist India as it deals with the Covid crisis by sending oxygen concentrators, oxygen generators, remdesivir, and ventilators. Thememberstatesare sending supplies to India under theEUCivil Protection Mechanism that was activated to send the assistance.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of theEUCommission, tweeted: "TheEUstands with India. A first shipment of urgently needed oxygen, medicine and equipment will be delivered over the coming days under theEUCivil Protection Mechanism."
Indian envoy to Brussels Santosh Jha in atweet thankedEUleadership andmemberstatesfor the assistance, saying, "Cooperation and solidarity has always been the hallmark of the India-EUStrategic Partnership."
Under the mechanism, Ireland will send 700 oxygen concentrators, 1 oxygen generator, 365 ventilators. In addition,Belgium will send 9,000 doses of antiviral medicines remdesivir, and Romania will send 80 oxygen concentrators and 75 oxygen cylinders. Also,Luxembourg will send 58 ventilators, Portugal will send 5,503 vials of remdesivir and 20,000 litres of oxygen per week and Sweden is expected to send 120 ventilators.
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Commissioner for theEUCrisis Management Janez Lenarčič said, "theEUstands 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 ourMemberStatesthat came in numerously with generous offers of help, showing that theEUis 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 theEuropean Commission which is basically providing logistical arrangements.
Earlier on Monday, France announced assistance in two phases.Phase 1, beginning this week, will have eightlarge oxygen generating plants, liquid oxygen, respiratory material - 28 respirators and their consumables, and 200 electric syringe pushers. Phase 2, starting next week ,will have five liquid oxygen containers.
In a Facebook post in Hindi, PresidentEmmanuel Macron shared 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 a mobile oxygen production plant that will be made available for three months, along with 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.