New Delhi, April 23 -- India's Armed Forces and Defence Ministry production units continue their countrywide assistance in combating the effects of COVID-19, a dirty and deadly biological 'weapon', which allegedly emanated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China and spread infection worldwide, though there has been no authoritative corroboration of this so far.

The Indian Air Force (IAF), which is ready 24x7 to undertake any task, airlifted essential medical supplies and commodities from nodal points to various states across the country including Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana, Nagaland and the union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

IAF flew dedicated sorties for Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), airlifting aroun...