Great Britain to send additional 1,000 respiratories to India

“Britiania will always be there for India when it needs it,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had to cancel a trip to India due to a pandemic in this country.

Shocked by terrible photos, further painful because of the two countries' ties, the leader of the conservative government said he was deeply cut “by the British support wave for India and expressed satisfaction that the government was offering support saves”, AFP writes.

Boris Johnson is expected to negotiate with Indian counterpart Narendra Modini on Tuesday to enhance co-operation between the two countries, especially in the fight against the pandemic of the Coronavius”, Downing Street reported.

It is important to listen carefully to Indian authorities and see what we send them, what they need and what they want,” British Secretary Dominic Raab told Sky News before meeting with Indian counterpart Subrahmany Jaishankar.

They will meet at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in London on Monday, where the Indian Foreign Minister has been invited.

The first shipment of oxygen and respiratory equipment from Great Britain arrived in India on Tuesday, and a similar second is scheduled to arrive Friday.

The first included 495 oxygen concentrations and 200 respirators.

We've sent them oxygen concentrations and breathing devices and we're sending out another 1,000 respirators,” said Dominic Raab.

India has recorded some 400,000 new cases in the last 24 hours and another 3.689 deaths, bringing more than 215,000 people dead to a country of over 1.3 billion people.