{"id":168451,"date":"2020-04-01T16:12:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=168451"},"modified":"2020-04-01T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:12:50","slug":"iaf-continues-support-towards-fight-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/168451","title":{"rendered":"IAF Continues Its Support towards Fight against Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, April 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; &nbsp;Indian Air Force continues to provide full support in Nation&#8217;s efforts to <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166610 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-Virus.jpg\" alt=\"Corona Virus\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-Virus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-Virus-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus and the management of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;IAF has airlifted nearly 25 Tons of essential medical supplies in last three days from Delhi, Surat and Chandigarh to Manipur, Nagaland and the Union Territories of J&amp;K and Ladakh. The medical supplies include Personal Protective Equipment, Hand sanitizers, surgical gloves, thermal scanners and medical personnel. Regular airlift of COVID test samples from the Union Territory of Ladakh to Delhi is also being carried. Towards this, C-17, C-130, An-32. AVRO &amp; Dornier aircraft of IAF are being tasked on as required basis and IAF is adequately geared up to meet all the emerging demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In addition, several quarantine facilities created at various IAF bases across the country, continue in a state of readiness. Medical care to Indian citizens evacuated from Iran and Malaysia is being provided at Air bases at Hindan and Tambaram respectively. COVID-19 testing laboratory at Command Hospital Air Force, Bengaluru is operational for testing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Meanwhile, comprehensive measures have been taken to control the spread of the contagion at all bases of the IAF. Guidelines laid down by the Government of India are being strictly adhered to while ensuring that IAF assets and air bases are ready to support the National effort to fight Corona pandemic. IAF stations are also continuing to provide meals &amp; support to all people from economically weaker section of the society residing in their neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, April 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; &nbsp;Indian Air Force continues to provide full support in Nation&#8217;s efforts to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus and the management of COVID-19. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;IAF has airlifted nearly 25 Tons of essential medical supplies in last three days from Delhi, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IAF Continues Its Support towards Fight against Coronavirus | Punjab Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/168451\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IAF Continues Its Support towards Fight against Coronavirus | Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi, April 1 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; 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