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India donates 1.8 million N95 masks to Philadelphia city in US

<span style="color: #222222;">India has donated 1.8 million N95 masks to Philadelphia, the largest city in the US state of Pennsylvania, to help in its fight against COVID-19, setting another example of a robust Indo-US partnership in the health sector.<br />'' <br />'' The move comes after the Mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, made a request to India for supply of masks to be used by the city's frontline workers.<br />'' <br />'' India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, tweeted  yesterday that Philadelphia received 1.8 million N95 masks from India to aid their fight against COVID-19. Another example of the robust India-US reliable partnership in the health sector, he added.<br />'' <br />'' On October 5, at the request of the city mayor, 1.8 million N95 masks were delivered to Philadelphia for use of frontline workers.  Philadelphia is the sixth-most populous US city.<br />'' <br />'' The move is also an indication of India's capabilities in manufacturing Personal protective equipment (PPE) not only for domestic use, but also exports, officials said.<br />''<br />''India had also supplied hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug which is seen as a possible cure for COVID-19, to the US at the request of President Donald Trump.</span><br />

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