Nippon Foundation Japan donates to Manipur Chief Minister's COVID Relief Fund

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IMPHAL:

Nippon Foundation Japan, on Thursday, donated 100 oxygen concentrators and 100 oximeters to Manipur Chief Minister's COVID Relief Fund to help the state fight the ongoing COVID crisis.

The contributions were made through Manipur Tourism Forum, announced Chief Minister N Biren Singh on his Twitter handle.

Singh thanked the Nippon Foundation for the contribution and stated that the high tech oxygen concentrators and oximeters will be of great help to the state given the surge in COVID cases.

The Nippon Foundation is an independent, non-profit grant-making organisation that provides aid to different countries under its overseas cooperative assistance programme.

(Edited by Shankar Kumar Turha)

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