Srivastava, a 1999-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, was serving as India’s Ambassador to Ethiopia
Current Affairs : As the quantity of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases is on the ascent in India, the focal government has evaluated a precarious ascent sought after for individual defensive hardware (PPEs) and coronavirus demonstrative pack in the coming months. The nation would require an expected 27 million N95 veils, 15 million PPEs, 1.6 million symptomatic units, and 50,000 ventilators by June 2020, as indicated by an Indian Express report.
In a gathering on April 3, the administration authorities depended with different coronavirus teams passed on the numbers to the business agents, the report states. The gathering that was going by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, was supposedly held for planning with the private area, NGOs and global associations on the pandemic circumstance in the nation and was likewise gone to by FICCI agents.
Of the evaluated request of 50,000 ventilators in the following two months, 16,000 are now accessible, and orders have been put for the staying 34,000 ventilators. Further, the administration is additionally intending to acquire ventilators and PPEs from abroad to manage any lack. The Ministry of External Affairs has additionally been roped in for this reason, as indicated by the report.
Aditi Mehta 