Amid covid crisis India is continuously facing lack of oxygen. The nation healthcare infrastructure having difficulty in holding up the load of the rising Covid-19 cases, the Indian Air Force’s IL-76 is bringing two cryogenic oxygen containers from Jakarta, Indonesia to Jamnagar.
As per a statement from the IAF, another one is transporting three containers from Singapore to Panagarh. Within the country, an IAF C-17 airlifted four oxygen tankers from Nagpur to Bhubaneswar, four from Vijaywada to Bhubaneswar, two from Lucknow to Ranchi, two from Bhopal to Ranchi and two from Yelahanka to Bhubaneswar.
While India on Monday registered 3,66,161 new coronavirus cases, the union health ministry informed. With this, the cumulative count of the cases has gone up to 2,26,62,575, including 2,46,116 deaths, 37,45,237 active cases, and 3,53,818 recoveries. (ANI)
According to an official statement, IAF Force IL-76s from Indonesia airlifted 4 cryogenic oxygen containers and landed in Vizag. Meanwhile, an IAF C17 airlifted Zulite from Frankfurt, Germany and landed in Mumbai. At the same time, in India, C-17 airlifted cryogenic oxygen containers from Pune and landed in Jamnagar. 7 cryogenic oxygen containers were airlifted from Gwalior and Bhopal to Ranchi.