The World Health Organization (WHO) has promised to provide adequate assistance to India with the covid-19 crisis. Along with the WHO, the United States, Singapore, Dubai, and the neighboring country Pakistan have also announced they would help India.
Over the past week china has repeatedly offered support and assistance to India to tackle the covid-19 pandemic but Chinese state-owned Sichuan Airlines who is the largest freight carrier from China to India has suspend its services for 15 days due to the increase in Covid-19 cases.
Due to the shortage of oxygen concentrators and other medical equipment in India, the Centre hopes to import from abroad.
Many private companies in our country have already consulted with Chinese companies. Oxygen concentrators along with other medical equipment from Dragon Country were supposed to come to India.
But Sichuan Chuan Han Logistics, part of Sichuan Airlines, wrote a letter saying that due to the coronavirus cases rise in India all-cargo flights would be grounded for 15 days. In six routes including Delhi, Bangalore, and Chennai. Countries including Britain, Europe have also banned flights from India adding the country to Red-list.
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However, The Chinese foreign ministry, Wang Wenbin, did not comment on the suspension of cargo flights from china to India.
Wang Wenbin stated the outbreak of Covid-19 is a common problem for mankind. Countries should come together to fight the virus. And China is ready to support India in fighting Covid-19.
China, on the other hand, is trying to cash in on the coronavirus crisis in India. By increasing the prices of oxygen concentrators and other medical equipment sent to India by 35 to 40 percent.
Siddharth Sinha, a spokesman for Sino Global Logistics, a Shanghai-based company, said the freight rates had been increased by 20 percent.
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