Delivering for Good: Critical PPE to India Amidst COVID-19 Surge

Mar 8, 2022 2:50 PM ET

info graphic: Nearly 2 million face masks, over 3,000 oxygen concentrators, 1.5 million gloves, 6k face shields, 2,500 coveralls, 25 pallets of medicine

Two large boxes in a warehouse with flag of India on the outside. Many national flags hag from the ceiling. — Critical medical supplies and personal protective equipment departing Santa Barbara, Calf., USA, bound for healthcare facilities in Kolkata, India.

This story first appeared in the FedEx Delivering for Good Report

In the spring of 2021, India experienced an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases, and countries, businesses, and NGOs around the world offered to help. FedEx donated two FedEx Boeing 777F charter flights to move over 3,000 oxygen concentrators and nearly 2 million masks for Direct Relief from Newark, New Jersey to Mumbai and Delhi, India.

Delivering for Good: Critical PPE to India Amidst COVID-19 Surge

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