How much Covid-19 foreign aid has India received so far?

India has received emergency Covid-19 supplies from 14 countries: UK, Mauritius, Singapore, Russia, UAE, Ireland, Romania, USA, Thailand, Germany, Uzbekistan, France, Belgium and Italy.

Various countries in the last week have helped India secure oxygen concentrators amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Mauritius (200), United Kingdom (495), Ireland (700), Thailand (30), Russia (20), Romania (80) and Uzbekistan (151) have come forward to send oxygen concentrators.

United Kingdom (200), Germany (120), Russia (75), UAE (157), Germany (120) and Ireland (365), France (28), Italy (20) have sent ventilators to India to strengthen the fight against COVID-19.

Amid the second wave of the pandemic countries that have provided oxygen cylinders are the USA, Singapore and Romania.

France (8) and Italy (1) have supplied oxygen generating plants to India. These plants are setup near the hospital so that a regular flow of oxygen could be maintained for patients.

The most sought-after drug Remdesivir which is in acute shortage in India amid high demand has also been provided by foreign countries. US (1,25,000 vials), Belgium (9,000 vials) and Uzbekistan (2,000 vials) have supplied Remdesivir while Russia has supplied 2 lakh packs of Favipiravir (2,00,000).

Mudit Kapoor, Pragati Srivastava