President Donald Trump had first announced the plan to donate the ventilators through a tweet on May 16, when he said both countries were also working on developing a vaccine for Covid-19.
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First tranche of 100 ventilators shipped by United States to arrive on Monday

To assist India within the struggle in opposition to the lethal coronavirus, about 100 ventilators shipped by the United States will arrive within the nation on Monday, June 15, information company ANI reported on Saturday.

In the primary tranche, 100 ventilators have been shipped to India, the primary installment of 200 machines that the United States has promised to donate to the nation. These ventilators are being manufactured by Zoll–an US-based agency and are arriving from Chicago within the United States.

The ventilators, essential medical tools wanted to deal with coronavirus sufferers, will arrive in India by an Air India flight on Monday.

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“Once the ventilators arrive in India, there is a small inaugural function at the India Red Cross Society, after which these ventilators would be distributed to hospitals for patient care,” a authorities official stated on Saturday.

On May 16, US President Donald Trump had tweeted, “I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and @narendramodi during this pandemic. We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy!”

In response to Trump’s tweet, PM Narendra Modi had thanked him in a tweet and highlighted India and America’s bilateral relationship.

President Donald Trump had first introduced the plan to donate the ventilators by way of a tweet on May 16, when he stated each international locations have been additionally engaged on creating a vaccine for Covid-19.

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The donation of the ventilators got here up throughout President Trump’s telephone name to PM Modi final week. The US authorities, non-public corporations, and non-profit and tutorial organisations have shared their experience with associate international locations comparable to India on the manufacturing of ventilators and different tools.

India, this week climbed to the fourth spot within the checklist of countries which have the best variety of coronavirus circumstances, surpassing the United Kingdom, which was within the fourth place to date and has additionally been hit exhausting by the pandemic. India is now preceded solely by Russia, Brazil and the US. Russia at present has almost 5 lakh circumstances and Brazil 7.75 lakh. The United States, nonetheless, has the utmost variety of Covid-19 circumstances globally – with the variety of sufferers being greater than 20 lakh.

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