Sichuan Airlines cargo supply suspension: Pharmexcil seeks help from Indian Ambassador in China
Hyderabad: Pharmexcil, a pharmaceuticals exports body under the Ministry of Commerce, on Thursday sought the intervention of Indian Ambassador in China Vikram Misri, into the cargo supply disruption caused by the suspension of the eastern countrys state-run Sichuan Airlines.
Director General of Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), Udaya Bhaskar, in a letter written to Misri stated that the cargo flights'' suspension is likely to disrupt frantic efforts by Indian pharma industry to import medical supplies including oxygen concentrators.
Sichuan Airlines recently suspended all its cargo flights to India for 15 days, causing major disruption to private traders'' efforts to procure the much-needed oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies from China despite Beijing offering "support and assistance" to deal with the latest surge of COVID-19 cases.
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