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The US is assisting India “significantly” in its fight against the second wave of COVID-19, according to President Joe Biden, by sending material and machine parts.
So far, six air shipments funded by USAID have left the United States for India. The items carried on these flights include health supplies, oxygen cylinders, N95 masks, and medications.
“We’re assisting Brazil. We are making a significant contribution to India. I had a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What he really needs is the materials and parts to build the machines that will make the vaccine work. On Tuesday at the White House, Biden told reporters, “We’re sending him that.”
“We are delivering oxygen to them. A lot of precursors are being sent to them. As a result, we’re helping India a lot “In response to a question about his assistance to India, Brazil, and other countries as the coronavirus pandemic enters its second wave, he said.
Biden stated that 10% of AstraZeneca vaccines will be sent to other countries by July 4th. Although the AstraZeneca vaccine is used all over the world, it is not approved for use in the United States.
“We’ve already sent the AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada and Mexico, and we’re in discussions with other countries,” says the company. In fact, I had a recent conversation with a foreign leader. “I’m not ready to say who else we’ll be vaccinating,” the president of the United States said.
“However, by July 4th, we’ll have shipped about 10% of what we have to other countries, including some of the ones you mentioned,” he said.
At her daily press conference, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the USAID had previously provided supplies to the Indian Red Cross at the request of the Indian government.
“In India, many of these components are in high demand. More flights are in the works, according to Psaki, with a total investment of over $100 million expected.
““In terms of oxygen support, we’re talking about oxygen cylinders, which is a big part of what they need right now, so USAID delivered about 1,500 cylinders that will stay in India and can be refilled multiple times at local supply centers, with more planeloads on the way,” she explained.
She added that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has sent about 550 oxygen concentrators to obtain oxygen from ambient air, as well as large-scale units that can support up to 20 patients per oxygen generation unit.
The Biden administration has placed an order with AstraZeneca for manufacturing supplies, allowing India to produce over 20 million doses, according to the press secretary.
She added that the US has also provided one million rapid diagnostic tests and that USAID delivered 20,000 treatment courses of the antiviral drug remdesivir last weekend to help treat hospitalised patients.
The CDC is sending a team of experts to India. In laboratory surveillance and epidemiology, emergency response and operations development, bioinformatics for genomic sequencing and modelling, and bioinformatics for genomic sequencing and modelling, the group will work in close collaboration with India’s public health experts, according to Psaki.
