Biden Administration to Send Aid to India Amid Spike in COVID-19 Cases
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Biden Administration to, Send Aid to India, Amid Spike in COVID-19 Cases.
President Joe Biden's administration has announced its
intent to deploy resources and supplies to India. .
In a tweet on Sunday, Biden
confirmed that the United States
was “determined” to help the
country in their “time of need.” .
Just as India sent assistance
to the United States as our
hospitals were strained early
in the pandemic, we are
determined to help India
in its time of need, Joe Biden, via Twitter.
NSC spokesperson Emily Horne released a statement further confirming that the two countries had been in communication. .
Per Horne's statement, the U.S. will make
available “specific raw material” that India urgently
requires for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing. .
The U.S. will also make available vital PPE, therapeutic
supplies, rapid diagnostic test kits and ventilators. .
Funding-wise, the U.S. will back a major expansion
of India’s vaccine manufacturer BioE.
This will enable them to ramp up vaccine production
to at least one billion doses by the end of 2022. .
India has been experiencing a devastating spike in COVID-19
infections, with nearly 350,000 new cases reported on Sunday. .
According to CNN, that marks the fourth day in a row
that India has set a global record for daily infections.
President Joe Biden's administration has announced its
intent to deploy resources and supplies to India. .
In a tweet on Sunday, Biden
confirmed that the United States
was “determined” to help the
country in their “time of need.” .
Just as India sent assistance
to the United States as our
hospitals were strained early
in the pandemic, we are
determined to help India
in its time of need, Joe Biden, via Twitter.
NSC spokesperson Emily Horne released a statement further confirming that the two countries had been in communication. .
Per Horne's statement, the U.S. will make
available “specific raw material” that India urgently
requires for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing. .
The U.S. will also make available vital PPE, therapeutic
supplies, rapid diagnostic test kits and ventilators. .
Funding-wise, the U.S. will back a major expansion
of India’s vaccine manufacturer BioE.
This will enable them to ramp up vaccine production
to at least one billion doses by the end of 2022. .
India has been experiencing a devastating spike in COVID-19
infections, with nearly 350,000 new cases reported on Sunday. .
According to CNN, that marks the fourth day in a row
that India has set a global record for daily infections.