New Delhi, May 12 The second Canadian flight carrying essential medical supplies that will help in India’s fight against COVID departed Canada today and will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday. The Canadian CC-150 Polaris aircraft deployed by Canadian Armed Forces is carrying 300 ventilators that will help support the local efforts in the second wave of the pandemic in India.
Canadian High Commissioner Nadir Patel said “Collective action is the only way to defeat #COVID19. The second Canadian Armed Forces flight is on its way to India with 300 ventilators in support of the people of India.”
Another @cfoperations flight left Canada carrying 300 lifesaving ventilators to India, adding to the 25,000 vials of Remdesivir and 50 ventilators that arrived in India last weekend & the $10M in support pledged through the Red Cross. #CanadaStandsWithIndia#StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/7zOdgQOv4N
— Canada in India (@CanadainIndia) May 11, 2021