NEW DELHI: China on Friday said it had opened a ‘green channel’ to India to transport medical supplies, including PPEs, ventilators and testing kits. The foreign ministry had said on Thursday that it was expecting 20 more flights carrying medical equipment from China in the next few days and this was like to be stepped up in the coming months. “China has opened ‘green channel’ for Indian air cargo transport during the epidemic and approved 35 cargo flights carrying medical supplies such as PPEs, ventilators and testing kits to India...,” Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong tweeted.Twenty-four flights with medical assistance have already arrived in India from China in the past three weeks. “Àround 20 more flights are expected to bring supplies in the coming days, and this is likely to be stepped up considerably in the next few months,” MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on Thursday. Chinese manufacturers, meanwhile, have issued statements saying they received import licence from India for rapid antibody test kits only after their product was validated and approved by ICMR through NIV, Pune. They said these kits were not for confirming infection or infection status. ICMR, though, has already issued guidelines on how these are to be used.