20 flights with COVID-19 medical equipment from China to reach India this week

New Delhi, Apr 21: The government has placed requests for flights between April 21 and 27 with the Civil Aviation administration of China as planeloads of COVID-19 related medical supplies are expected to reach India over the next one week.

Chinese companies are in the process of sending 20 planeloads of medical supplies this week. These include RT-PCR test kits, Rapid Antibody tests, thermometers and personal protection equipment.

The major consignees according to the Ministry of External Affairs were Imperial Life Sciences, Matrix Lans, Invex Healthcare, HLL, companies of Tata, Adani and Reliance group.

There were four states in this list- Assam, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Karnataka.

The consignments included 6,50,000 testing kits received in two cargo flights last week.

Imports of COVID-19 related medical equipment and keeping the drug production supply chain open is the best signal from China for bilateral ties, Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri had said.