Photo credit: TASS/permanent mission to the UN
Russian aircraft loaded with medical supplies landed at the airport in new York. It is known that onboard there is a medical equipment designed to help US in the fight against coronavirus infection COVID-19.
According to TASS, the unloading of the aircraft should begin at 17:00 (00:00 Moscow time).
sending a plane with medical equipment from Russia to the United States was agreed upon during the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald trump. This was reported by press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
As noted by the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov, the threat of a pandemic affects the whole world, so combating coronavirus needs to be shared.
According to the latest data by the American Johns Hopkins University in the USA recorded over 206 thousand cases of infection COVID-19. With more than 4.4 thousand people died from the pandemic.
Earlier it was reported that the second Russian plane with medical equipment went to the United States. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of defense.
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