India donates 1.8 million N95 masks to Philadelphia city in US

Washington, 10-Oct-20202

India has donated 1.8 million N95 masks to Philadelphia, the largest city in the US state of Pennsylvania, to help in its fight against COVID-19, setting another example of a robust Indo-US partnership in the health sector. The move comes after the Mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, made a request to India for supply of masks to be used by the city�s frontline workers. �Philadelphia receives 1.8 million N95 masks from India to aid their fight against COVID-19,� India�s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, tweeted on Friday. �Another example of the robust India-US reliable partnership in the health sector!� he added. On October 5, at the request of the city mayor, 1.8 million N95 masks were delivered to Philadelphia for use of frontline workers. Philadelphia is the sixth-most populous US city. The move is also an indication of India�s capabilities in manufacturing Personal protective equipment (PPE) not only for domestic use, but also exports, officials said. India had also supplied hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug which is seen as a possible cure for COVID-19, to the US at the request of President Donald Trump.