The Indian Air Force has flown supplies to Lucknow to set up a hospital for COVID-19 patients in the capital city, an official statement said on Friday.
India is struggling with the second wave of the novel coronavirus infection as hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
“The Indian Air Force (IAF) is continuing to carry out sorties from within India and abroad to cater to the requirement of oxygen in the country, amid the current COVID-19 situation,” said the office of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Twitter.
An IL-76 aircraft landed in Lucknow carrying supplies for setting up of COVID hospital in the city, it said.
