Spoke today with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval about the spike in COVID cases in India and we agreed to stay in close touch in the coming days. The United States stands in solidarity with the people of India and we are deploying more supplies and resources: pic.twitter.com/yDM7v2J7OA
First, the backdrop: PM Modi speaking at World Economic Forum on Jan 28, 2021 said that fears about a COVID Tsunami in India were unfounded as India had not only defeated COVID but it has also built adequate infrastructure to handle it. 2/n pic.twitter.com/g38BzzJmTs
#WATCH Social distancing norms violated at 'Pidakal war', during which cow dung cakes are hurled by two sides at each other on the next day of Ugadi, in Kairuppala village, Kurnool district yesterday#AndhraPradeshpic.twitter.com/4GGHpyyXn3
Now that @SecBlinken@JakeSullivan46 hv tweeted, it's interesting to see more questions being asked of SII & of GoI (incl if/what/when specific asks were made)
...esp by some who earlier yelled at me for saying US needed to do/say more but didn't cause this COVID wave in India https://t.co/Vi6ycbrkNF
The United States on Sunday said it would immediately provide raw materials required for the manufacture of Covid-19 vaccines, ventilators and personal protective equipment, to help India battle the second wave of the infection.
The US will also urgently send oxygen generation and related supplies to India.
“Spoke today with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval about the spike in Covid cases in India and we agreed to stay in close touch in the coming days. The United States stands in solidarity with the people of India and we are deploying more supplies and resources,” Jake Sullivan, US national security advisor, wrote in a tweet.
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https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-crisis-us-to-release-vaccine-raw-material-immediately-to-india-121042600020_1.html