India to be sent life-saving equipment from Wales
Health Minister Vaughan Gething visited an NHS depot in Newport where the shipment is being prepared
Prof Keshav Singhal, helping co-ordinate the relief effort, says it is one of the biggest shipments of life-saving equipment coming from the UK.Scientists are looking into whether a new Indian variant could be behind the rise in cases.Inside India's rundown rural hospitals unable to cope with the Covid crisis
"I must say it's been incredibly powerful because officials were working all through the weekend," he added.Wales' health minister Vaughan Gething visited an NHS distribution centre in Newport on Monday which is preparing the shipment."Covid-19 is a global threat and as such it is right that we are part of the global response, supporting other nations," he said.
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