French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday shared a message in Hindi extending support to India amid the COVID-19 crisis. He said that solidarity is at the heart of friendship between the two countries.

The president’s post read “No one is untouched by the pandemic we are going through. We know that India is going through a difficult period. France and India have always been united and we are ready to provide our support.” He further added to his Facebook post “France will send medical equipment, ventilators and oxygen and 8 oxygen generators to India. Each generator can make a hospital ‘aatmanirbhar’ for 10 years by producing oxygen from the ambient air.” Earlier, French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain had also informed that in the next few days, France will deliver to India not only immediate relief but also long-term capacities including 8 high capacity oxygen generators, each providing yearlong O2 for 250 beds – Liquid O2 for 2000 patients for 5 days – 28 ventilators and equipment for ICUs,” French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain said in a tweet.

In the meanwhile, India reported 3,23,144 fresh coronavirus infections. The country’s total caseload reaches to 1.76 crores. India, going through the raging second wave of coronavirus, now has over 28.82 lakh active COVID-19 cases.

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