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　Tomorrow, May 8, 100 oxygen concentrators will be sent to India as a part of the first batch of the emergency assistance from Japan to India in response to the current surge of COVID-19 infections in India.

　The above-mentioned is a part of the first package of assistance announced by the Government of Japan on April 30, which is for Japan to proceed with the procedure to provide India with 300 oxygen concentrators and 300 ventilators.

Japan will continue to extend further support promptly in order to contain the COVID-19 situation in India.

[Reference 1: Emergency Assistance to India in Response to the Current Surge of COVID-19 Infections]
(1) April 30, the Government of Japan has decided to proceed with the procedure to provide 300 oxygen concentrators and 300 ventilators to India in response to the current surge of COVID-19 infections in India.
(2) May 5, Foreign Minister Motegi stated to H.E. Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India, that Japan is ready to provide grant assistance of up to 50 million US dollars (approximately 5.5 billion yen) to India, based on the latter's needs, in addition to the above-mentioned assistance, in response to the current surge of COVID-19 infections in India.

[Reference 2: COVID-19 infections in India]
　As of May 6, India has the cumulative positive cases of 21,077,410 people and the cumulative deaths of 230,168 people.