US Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster handed over 100 ventilators on Tuesday. This is the first batch of 200 ventilators sent by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was announced by US President Donald Trump on 16 May.
The contribution of ventilators in the war against the coronavirus is very important. The lives of extremely serious patients of Covid-19 are saved through ventilators. The 100 ventilators that arrived on Monday are made of very modern technology. These have been prepared by American company Zol.
On Monday, a senior minister in the government had said, “100 ventilators are coming from the US as donations.” Ventilators are coming from Air India aircraft. It is being fully managed by the Red Cross Society. ”
On May 16, US President Donald Trump tweeted,” I am proud to announce that America will donate 100 ventilators to a friend India. We stand with India and PM Narendra Modi during this epidemic. We are also cooperating in vaccine development. Together we will defeat the invisible enemy. ”
Responding to Trump’s tweet, PM Narendra Modi thanked him and underlined the India-US relationship. The PM tweeted, “At such a time, maximum effort is needed to make the nations work together and make the world more healthy and free from Covid-19”.
