Ireland is sending 700 oxygen concentrators to India as part of an emergency donation to help save lives there, as hospitals run out of oxygen supplies and ventilation equipment.
India today recorded yet another global high for daily coronavirus cases for a fifth day running at over almost 353,000 cases, and many patients are being turned away from hospitals.
Crematoriums are working around the clock as over 2,800 deaths were reported there in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's cumulative death toll to over 195,000.
Ireland's donation is being made from stocks originally purchased by the HSE in Ireland for use in a field hospital setting, as part of pandemic preparations here.