NEW DELHI : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday said the pause on flights from India to Australia will end at midnight on14 May with an aircraft used to bring in covid-19 related assistance to India returning stranded Australians home.
Australia is one among the more than 30 countries that have joined hands to support India as a devastating second wave of the covid-19 pandemic sweeps through the country.
In a Facebook post, Morrison said a flight packed with “medical supplies and equipment to support our good friends in India took off from Sydney earlier today (Friday)”.
“This flight was carrying another 1,056 ventilators, 60 oxygen concentrators and other essential supplies. It adds to the more than 1,000 ventilators and 43 oxygen concentrators we sent last week,” Morrison said.
