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U.S. Sends Ventilators To Russia In $5.6 Million Coronavirus Aid Package

The U.S. government delivered 50 American-made ventilators on Thursday and will send another 150 next week.
A shipment of medical aid from the United States, including 50 ventilators, is seen inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane at Vnukovo International Airport outside Moscow on Thursday.

The United States delivered 50 ventilators to Russia on Thursday, the first of 200 U.S.-made ventilators headed to the country, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow says. The equipment is part of a humanitarian aid package worth $5.6 million to help

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