Pakistan offers COVID-19 relief support to India

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Pakistan offers COVID-19 relief support to India

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - As a gesture of solidarity with the people of India in the wake of the current wave of COVID-19, Pakistan has offered to provide relief support to India including ventilators, Bi PAP, digital X ray machines, PPEs and related items.

Foreign office spokesperson said that the concerned authorities of Pakistan and India can work out modalities for quick delivery of the relief items. They can also explore possible ways of further cooperation to mitigate the challenges posed by the pandemic.

On the other hand Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in his tweet said that in the wake of the current wave of coronavirus, Pakistan has officialy offered help to the neighboring country in good faith as we believe in a policy of humanity first. 

India’s daily coronavirus death toll passed a new record Saturday as the government battled to get oxygen supplies to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases.

Another 2,624 deaths, a new daily record, were reported in 24 hours, taking the official toll to nearly 190,000 since the pandemic started. More than 340,000 new cases were also reported, taking India’s total to 16.5 million, second only to the United States.

But many experts are predicting the current wave will not peak for at least three weeks and that the real death and case numbers are much higher.