Mumbai airport transports 387 tonnes of Covid aid

As the country struggles to fight against the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) facilitated the transportation of over 387 tonnes of Covid relief supplies.

Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic, CSMIA facilitated the arrival of over 17,700 oxygen concentrators, 319,800 vials of Remdesivir injections and 113,900 vials of Tocilizumab injections between April 26 – May 14 to cater to the increase in demand for these goods for the treatment of patients in India.

CSMIA saw the arrival of essential pharmaceutical supplies from 20 countries including Singapore, Mauritius, Netherlands, Indonesia, China, Scotland, South Korea, Malaysia, England, France, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Poland, Turkey, Germany, Dubai, South Africa,