The United States Government will send additional supplies and support to India to help mitigate the serious health crisis in the Asian country.
According to a White House announcement on Sunday, President Joe Biden pledged to help with the treatment and screening of frontline workers in India.
The chain report CNN He indicated that the aid consists mainly of medical supplies such as ventilators, rapid detection kits, protective equipment for his doctors and therapeutic products, everything that will be sent immediately.
“The US is also looking for options to provide supplies for the generation of oxygen and other related urgently,” the summary of a call between national security advisers of both countries said in part.
The US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, expressed to his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, “a deep empathy with the people of India following the recent increase in COVID-19 cases.”
“Just as India sent aid to the United States because our hospitals were overloaded at the beginning of the pandemic, the United States is determined to assist India in its time of need,” the summary noted.
The statement also indicated that the US identified a “specific raw material that is urgently required for the manufacture of Covishield vaccine in India and that it will be immediately available to India.”
The White House also announced that the US Development Finance Corporation will fund a “substantial expansion of the manufacturing capacity of BioE, the Indian vaccine maker, which will allow BioE to increase its capacity to produce at least 1 billion of doses of vaccines against covid-19 by the end of 2022 ”.
The North American country will also send an expert team of public health advisers from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The professionals will work in collaboration with the US embassy, the Indian Ministry of Health and the Indian Epidemic Intelligence Service.
Unlike the professional services sent by Cuba, the US aid will have no cost for the Asian country, and the transportation and lodging expenses are also borne by the North American country.
India has more than 10% of the coronavirus cases in the entire planet, with 17.3 of the 147 million infected in the world, and 195 thousand deaths officially registered.
It is the second country with the most infections, only surpassed by the US, but its health deficiencies have represented the collapse of its medical system, as well as its funeral services.