Covid-19 second wave: Amazon to airlift over 10,000 oxygen concentrators | Business Standard News

2022-05-27 21:36:58 By : Mr. Eason Du

Topics Coronavirus | Oxygen | Health crisis

Peerzada Abrar  |  Bengaluru  Last Updated at April 26, 2021 00:24 IST

In the urgent fight against the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, e-commerce major Amazon has joined hands with various industry partners and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to urgently bring in 10,000 oxygen concentrators and BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) machines to India.

The company has joined hands with ACT Grants, Temasek Foundation, Pune Platform for COVID-19 Response (PPCR) and other partners to urgently airlift over 8,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 BiPAP machines from Singapore. All the organisations are working closely with the Indian government to expedite the ...

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