Taiwan will send a batch of oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies to India in the next few days to help it battle a surge in coronavirus cases , a senior government official said on Wednesday. “Our first shipment of the oxygen concentrators and other supplies will leave [on a China Airlines flight] before the end of this week,” deputy foreign minister Miguel Tsao said at a legislative session. He did not give a size for the shipment but said it would be the first of several as Taipei had made a long-term commitment to support New Delhi’s efforts to tackle the health crisis, which has already claimed the lives of almost 200,000 Indians. He described India as a “like-minded and important international partner”. As soon as Taiwan learned of India’s plight, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu offered his support – via a deputy – to Gourangalal Das, director general of the India Taipei Association, ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said. The ministry then worked with local companies to ensure the speedy delivery of the medical equipment, she said. Although Taiwan and India do not have formal diplomatic relations, they have representative offices in each other’s capitals. Wu said on April 7 that Taiwan had worked with other democracies, including India, to provide its diplomatic ally Paraguay with Covid-19 vaccines after Beijing had put pressure on the South American country to ditch Taipei in exchange for shots. Beijing regards Taiwan – which has formal diplomatic ties with just 15 countries – as part of its sovereign territory and has not ruled out the use of force to “reunify” it with the mainland. Wu said India shipped 100,000 doses of an Indian vaccine to Paraguay and a further 100,000 would follow. However, India’s Hindustan Times on April 8 Quote: d a government spokesman as saying Taiwan had played no part in the process and that the vaccines were sent in response to a direct request from Paraguay. The United States, France, Germany , Israel and Pakistan have also promised medical aid – including oxygen, ventilators, test equipment and protective gear – to India as the number of infections there have soared past 350,000 per day. The World Health Organization said public health systems and crematoriums in India were being overwhelmed by the sharp rise in case numbers and fatalities. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday that Beijing was working with local manufacturers to provide essential medical equipment, including oxygen concentrators, to India.

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Taiwan will send a batch of oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies to India in the next few days to help it battle a surge in coronavirus cases , a senior government official said on Wednesday. “Our first shipment of the oxygen concentrators and other supplies will leave [on a China Airlines flight] before the end of this week,” deputy foreign minister Miguel Tsao said at a legislative session. He did not give a size for the shipment but said it would be the first of several as Taipei had made a long-term commitment to support New Delhi’s efforts to tackle the health crisis, which has already claimed the lives of almost 200,000 Indians. He described India as a “like-minded and important international partner”. As soon as Taiwan learned of India’s plight, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu offered his support – via a deputy – to Gourangalal Das, director general of the India Taipei Association, ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said. The ministry then worked with local companies to ensure the speedy delivery of the medical equipment, she said. Although Taiwan and India do not have formal diplomatic relations, they have representative offices in each other’s capitals. Wu said on April 7 that Taiwan had worked with other democracies, including India, to provide its diplomatic ally Paraguay with Covid-19 vaccines after Beijing had put pressure on the South American country to ditch Taipei in exchange for shots. Beijing regards Taiwan – which has formal diplomatic ties with just 15 countries – as part of its sovereign territory and has not ruled out the use of force to “reunify” it with the mainland. Wu said India shipped 100,000 doses of an Indian vaccine to Paraguay and a further 100,000 would follow. However, India’s Hindustan Times on April 8 Quote: d a government spokesman as saying Taiwan had played no part in the process and that the vaccines were sent in response to a direct request from Paraguay. The United States, France, Germany , Israel and Pakistan have also promised medical aid – including oxygen, ventilators, test equipment and protective gear – to India as the number of infections there have soared past 350,000 per day. The World Health Organization said public health systems and crematoriums in India were being overwhelmed by the sharp rise in case numbers and fatalities. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday that Beijing was working with local manufacturers to provide essential medical equipment, including oxygen concentrators, to India.

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