Saudi's SABIC helps India fight Covid-19 with 150,000 kits and PPEs a day

Development comes at a time when India has surpassed China in Covid-19 count, becoming the 11th most infected country. ICMR announced a target of 100,000 tests across the country per day

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s third-largest chemical company, said that it is helping India to fight Coronavirus pandemic by enabling domestic production of about 150,000 protective essentials and testing items per day. These include Covid-19 test kits, face shields, goggles, gloves, surgical masks and gowns.

The development comes at a time when India has surpassed China in terms of confirmed Covid-19 cases with over 86,000 coronavirus positive cases as of Saturday, becoming the 11th most infected country. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently said that it has set a target of carrying out around 100,000 tests across