Was China one of the first countries to offer support and help to India?

Yes, on April 30, an exclusive interview with Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong. He said, China was one of the first countries to offer support and help to India and also one of the first to take practical action.

In addition to the anti-epidemic materials that have been provided to India so far, China's domestic relevant enterprises are already stepping up production of at least 40,000 sets of oxygen concentrator orders submitted by the Indian side, in a bid to deliver the required medical materials to the Indian side as soon as possible.

"Over the past two weeks, 61 cargo flights from China to India have delivered a variety of much-needed medical supplies to India. The latest cargo flight carrying oxygen machines and other equipment took off from Tianjin, China, at 11:15 a.m. today for India." Sun Weidong tweeted, along with some live pictures of the transportation process.

In addition, he posted two other live videos of the transportation of the equipment or supplies in question.

India is being hit by the second wave of the new crown epidemic, which is spreading rapidly in many places:

India's health ministry released the latest data on May 2, which showed that in the past 24 hours, India added 392,488 new confirmed cases of the new crown pneumonia, with the cumulative total of 195,574,557 confirmed cases.

The data showed that 3689 new deaths were recorded in a single day, with the cumulative total amounting to 215542 cases. Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao newspaper said India's new deaths on the day also hit a new high since the outbreak. The number of new confirmed cases on a single day has remained above 300,000 for 11 consecutive days.

References to China Youth Daily above - China's ambassador to India tweets: 61 Chinese cargo flights delivered much-needed medical supplies to India in the past two weeks