(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The European Union announced that it will deliver urgently needed supplies such as oxygen concentrators to India
China News Agency, Brussels, April 27 (Reporter De Yongjian) As the new crown pneumonia epidemic in India continues to raging, the European Union announced on the 27th that at the request of the Indian government, the European Union will deliver oxygen concentrators, ventilators, antiviral drugs, etc. to India Materials are urgently needed to fight the epidemic.
According to an announcement issued by the European Commission on the same day, the materials were provided by six EU member states including Ireland, Belgium, Romania, Luxembourg, Portugal and Sweden, and will arrive in India within a few days.
The announcement shows that Ireland will assist more than 700 oxygen generators and 365 ventilators, Romania will assist 80 oxygen generators and 75 oxygen cylinders, Sweden will assist 120 ventilators, and Luxembourg will assist 58 ventilators; in addition, Belgium will assist 9,000 doses of the antiviral drug Remdesivir, and Portugal will assist more than 5,500 bottles of remdesivir and 20,000 liters of oxygen per week.
The announcement stated that in addition to the above-mentioned six countries, EU member states such as France and Germany will also provide assistance to India in the next few days; in the future, the EU will continue to coordinate member states to collect anti-epidemic supplies through its civil defense mechanism in response to "India's shocking epidemic." .
The announcement quoted the European Commission’s Crisis Management Commissioner Lenalcic as saying that the European Union is willing to work together with the Indian people to do its utmost to provide support at this critical moment; the European Commission’s Emergency Response Coordination Center is currently facilitating the delivery of aid materials. At the same time, the EU will bear most of the transportation costs.
Recently, due to the continuous raging epidemic of new crown pneumonia in India, EU member states such as Belgium, Greece and European countries such as the United Kingdom and Switzerland have successively reported that their residents or transit passengers have been diagnosed with the mutant new crown virus found in India. Among them, Belgium alone has 24 confirmed cases. Including the diagnosis of a Brussels resident on the 26th who was infected with the mutant new crown virus found in India; to prevent the spread of the virus, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and other countries have increased their efforts to prevent the epidemic from people from India.
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