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NEW DELHI: The US on Tuesday handed over to India 100 ventilators, valued at about $1.2 million, as part of President Donald Trump’s offer of assistance to New Delhi in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster handed over the first shipment of 100 ventilators to Indian Red Cross Society Secretary General R K Jain at an event at the IRCS national headquarters here.
The US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), donated the first shipment of 100 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to India to assist its fight against Covid-19, the American Embassy said in a statement.
The ventilators, produced in the United States by Massachusetts-based Zoll Medical Corporation, reflect leading-edge technology, are compact and deployable, and provide India with flexibility in treating patients affected by the virus.
USAID is working closely with the Indian government’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,