Australia will support India while suspending flights
Australia will support India while suspending flights
27 April 2021
Our neighbours are following suit by temporarily pausing commercial flights from the South Asian country until May 15.
It impacts two services into Sydney and two repatriation flights to Darwin, affecting about five-hundred people.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says scenes out of India are 'truly heartbreaking'.
He says there are significant shortages of PPE, medical equipment and oxygen supplies -- and production capabilities are suffering.
Scott Morrison says they want to reach out and support India with an initial package -- 500 thousand P2 and N95 masks and 100 oxygen concentrators along with tanks.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson says officials here are also working on options to provide support to India's response.
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