India 'Thanks' Qatar Airways for facilitating shipment of oxygen cylinder from UK

India thanked Qatar Airways for facilitating the British Oxygen Company shipment of 1350 oxygen cylinders in India, as part of India's COVID battle.

"Thank Qatar Airways for facilitating this shipment from the UK," tweeted Arindam Bagchi, official spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs.

"Grateful to British Oxygen Company for gift of another 1350 oxygen cylinders that arrived from the UK. This is part of their generous contribution of 5000 oxygen cylinders," he added.

Before this, a total of three oxygen generators and 1,000 ventilators arrived from the United Kingdom on Sunday.

The British High Commission had said that the Indian Red Cross will help transfer UK aid to the hospitals and they also stated that the latest assistance package has been sourced by the Department of Health and Social Care and is fully funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.