First batch of Chinese COVID-19 assistance including 400 oxygen cylinders, 10 ventilators arrive in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, May 11: The first batch of COVID-19 assistance including 400 oxygen cylinders and 10 ventilators arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday afternoon.

A wide-body aircraft of Nepal Airlines landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) along with more than 170 oxygen concentrators donated by Chinese company Hongshi Shivam Cement, according to Wang Xiaolong, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu.