South Korea ships medical supplies to India

The supplies will be donated to the Indian Red Cross Society.

South Korea will ship to India hundreds of oxygen cylinders and other medical supplies to help the country fight the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, Yonhap reported based on a statement from the foreign ministry.

Seoul plans to send 230 oxygen concentrators, 200 oxygen cylinders with regulators, and 100 negative pressure isolation stretchers to the country by air on Sunday. The supplies will be donated to the Indian Red Cross Society, the ministry said.

The Korean government expressed plans to continue cooperating with India in responding to challenges unfolding amidst the pandemic.