COVID-19 Fight: Amazon contibutes $5 million of medical equipment to India

In a bid to help India, in its fight against the second and more lethal wave of coronavirus, Amazon has sent critical medical equipment worth over $5 million to support hospitals and other Covid care facilities across India, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday.

The critical life-saving equipment includes 82 anaesthesia ventilators, 1,238 BiPAP machines and 60 ventilators. The medical equipment will be distributed to Amazon's on-the-ground community partners such as the American India Foundation, ACT Grants and Swasth, who will distribute



to verified hospitals and non-profit organisations across the country to ensure it reaches communities where it is needed the most.

In addition, Amazon is also donating transportation services to the American non-profit organisation India Association of Western Washington and working to support the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation and other US non-profit organisations to help get medical supplies to India.

The e-commerce giant is also part of the US Chamber of Commerce's Global Task Force to help India combat Covid-19.