India to send its largest military aircraft to evacuate more Indians from Wuhan & deliver consigment

[Raj-Hindustani]

India to send its largest military aircraft to evacuate more Indians from Wuhan
2 min read . Updated: 18 Feb 2020, 11:00 PM ISTPTI

• India's national carrier Air India has already evacuated around 640 Indians from Wuhan in two separate flights
• The C-17 Globemaster is the largest military aircraft in the Indian Air Force's inventory

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NEW DELHI : India will send a C-17 military transport aircraft to the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to evacuate more Indians and deliver a consignment of medical supplies to China's coronavirus-hit people, official sources said.

The C-17 Globemaster is the largest military aircraft in the Indian Air Force's inventory. The plane can carry large combat equipment, troops and humanitarian aid across long distances in all weather conditions.

The sources told PTI that the aircraft will carry a large consignment of medical supplies to China and bring back more Indians from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic.

India's national carrier Air India has already evacuated around 640 Indians from Wuhan in two separate flights.

According to estimates, over 100 Indians are still living in Wuhan, some of whom decided not to return to India. A sizeable number of countries have evacuated their citizens from China and restricted movement of people and goods to and from China.

All the Indians who want to return to India will be brought back in the IAF aircraft on Thursday as Indian embassy has reached out to the Indian citizens stuck in Wuhan, the sources said.

Chinese Ambasador Sun Weidong, addressing a press conference, said there was no case of any infection among the Indians in Wuhan as of today and that the authorities are taking "good care" of them.

Sun appreciated India for extending solidarity and expressing readiness to assist China to deal with the epidemic.

China's National Health Commission on Tuesday said the death toll due to the outbreak climbed to 1,868 on Monday while the total number of confirmed cases jumped to 72,436.

Last week, India announced that it will send medicines as well as other medical supplies for coronavirus-hit people in China.

In a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed solidarity with people of China over the outbreak of the virus and offered India's assistance to deal with it. PTI MPB ZMN



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[Goku]

Yep bring em home and make indians sick good strategy. We wont have to kill them they plannjng their own deaths. Immediate families will die first if those people are brought back even if 3 or 4 have the virus whole aircraft people will be infected...

Where are brain cells at?

Lmao all 3 affected in Kerala recovered. U dont have to worry about us. Except Pakistan almost all countries are evacuating their citizens and arent burden on the Chinese. Probably all other nations are fools.
Anyways now on topic.
C17s are work horses. I wish we could have 10 more. We just have 11

 

[Zane_K]

Of course they’re not going let loose the infected to rape , pillage and burn.

Some on PDF would want them to... and I’m
all for some zombie hunting... is that the same as CoronaVirus ?

 

[Chanakyaa]

Of course they’re not going let loose the infected to rape , pillage and burn.

Some on PDF would want them to... and I’m
all for some zombie hunting... is that the same as CoronaVirus ?

Please tell this to thousands from Pakistan who dont consider this and still visit India to get Treated.

 

[Daghalodi]

What a Gem.. coming from a country whose citizens Beg to get treatment in India !

Well, We brought them ( none of them were infected ) and infact we cured them ALL of THEM ( the 3 positive cases ) !!!

Coronavirus: Second Kerala patient discharged: https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...kerala-patient-discharged/article30838117.ece

How an Indian state successfully fought and contained the deadly coronavirus

https://qz.com/india/1802684/indias-kerala-defeated-deadly-coronavirus-using-information/

This is good news!! However its not the same up north. Kerala definitely has a better medical setup

 

[CONNAN]

India is well equipped to handle the situation. below is the summary. Hope below info will clear most of the doubts
How many under surveillance?
As of February 10, 1818 flights and 1,97,192 passengers were screened so far at 21 Airports. 9,452 persons are presently under community surveillance in 32 states and UTs. 1,510 samples have been tested and 1,507 of them were found negative except for 3 samples which had tested positive already from Kerala.

What's new in Kerala?
The three students who tested positive are stable. A total of 1,999 people, who have a travel history from China and other affected countries, are under observation in Kerala, of whom 75 are in isolation wards of various hospitals. The remaining 1,924 are under home quarantine and have been asked to not go out in public until the end of the 28-day incubation period.

Any cases of isolation?
A 28-year-old man from UP's Utraula has been kept in isolation ward. The man is a medical student in China and had returned to India 15 days ago. His sample has been sent to King George's Medical University in Lucknow.

What is Centre doing?
A fresh travel advisory has been issued urging everyone to refrain from travelling to China, saying intended visitors from China might apply afresh for an Indian visa. Besides, from now on, anyone with a history of travel to China since January 15, 2020, could be quarantined.

Any Indians left in Wuhan?
India evacuated around 647 Indians from Wuhan, the Chinese city from where the virus started spreading.

Are airlines still flying to China?
Air India, other Indian airlines suspend flights to China Air India, IndiGo and other Indian airlines have said they will suspend flights to China over the coronavirus risks. Air India said it is suspending its Delhi-Hong Kong flight from February 8, hours after the authorities there confirmed the death of a patient with the new coronavirus. Earlier, IndiGo suspended all three flights between India and China. Air India suspended its Delhi-Shanghai flight and curtailed the flight operations on the Delhi-Hong Kong route. From February 8, it will be suspending operations on Delhi-Hong Kong route too.

Screening wards in India

• In Delhi: Manesar camp is already monitoring those who have come from China. Ram Manohar Lohia, AIIMS and Safdarjung hospitals in the capital have also readied isolation facilities. *
• In Mumbai: Two Mumbai hospitals namely, Kasturba hospital and Pune's Naidu hospital- have been dedicated for suspected patients in the state.
• In Karnataka: The state government has placed border districts of Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Chamarajnagar and Mysuru under novel coronavirus surveillance following three positive cases in neighbouring Kerala. At Mangaluru International Airport, a health unit comprising doctors and assistants have been formed to screen passengers. An isolation ward with ten beds has been set up at the Government Wenlock Hospital to treat patients with the symptoms.
  
• In Manipur: Five centres have been opened in different border towns of the state and at the Imphal International Airport to screen people for coronavirus.
• In Mizoram: Facility opened in Mizoram where people entering through India-Myanmar border are being tested at Zokhawthar.
  
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[Rollno21]

Yep bring em home and make indians sick good strategy. We wont have to kill them they plannjng their own deaths. Immediate families will die first if those people are brought back even if 3 or 4 have the virus whole aircraft people will be infected...

Where are brain cells at?

On one hand you guys say China can provide better for the Pakistanies stuck in China and on the other hand you don't want to believe the Chinese tests clearing the Indians of any infection and they are safe.

 

[babrum]

hell c 17 is a real beast my point is what kind of treatment were given to them and where were they kept? in my humble opinion shouldnt have brought them but hell who am i to tell

 

[Srinivas]

Yep bring em home and make indians sick good strategy. We wont have to kill them they plannjng their own deaths. Immediate families will die first if those people are brought back even if 3 or 4 have the virus whole aircraft people will be infected...

Where are brain cells at?

what about chinese who have visas travelling to Pakistan on daily basis?

 

[CONNAN]

hell c 17 is a real beast my point is what kind of treatment were given to them and where were they kept? in my humble opinion shouldnt have brought them but hell who am i to tell

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/indi...uhan-deliver-consigment.653877/#post-12096435

 

[danger007]

Yep bring em home and make indians sick good strategy. We wont have to kill them they plannjng their own deaths. Immediate families will die first if those people are brought back even if 3 or 4 have the virus whole aircraft people will be infected...

Where are brain cells at?

@The Eagle @Oscar @WebMaster ... i guess this is kinda disgusting post... to hope someone die .. we are doing our best to save our Citizens... But trolling in such thread, quite disgusting...

 

[The Eagle]

Disrespectful language for any human loss is not appreciated and so the encouraging "Thanks" to the one who replied in kind.

Unwanted posts removed and keep it clean.

Regards,

 

[cloud4000]

C17s are work horses. I wish we could have 10 more. We just have 11

Too bad the production line has shut down with no plans to re-open. India will have to look elsewhere, including IL-78s.

 

[CONNAN]

Too bad the production line has shut down with no plans to re-open. India will have to look elsewhere, including IL-78s.

we can still get them from USAF reserves , all we need is to work it out with US and the will to get it . Our MOD and GOVT should push we will get it .

 

[cloud4000]

we can still get them from USAF reserves , all we need is to work it out with US and the will to get it . Our MOD and GOVT should push we will get it .

If that was possible, it would be done by now. All C-17 are accounted for and in use. There is no spare capacity. India will have to look for alternatives.