Ottawa: Canada will provide USD 10 million to India to support the nation in its fight against the unprecedented second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has introduced.
Addressing a press convention, Trudeau mentioned that Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau had ‘direct conversations’ along with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar about how Canada can finest assist, together with the donation of additional medical provides.
“We are also ready to provide 10 million dollars through the Canadian Red Cross to the Indian Red Cross,” the Prime Minister mentioned. This will support every thing from ambulance providers to shopping for extra Personal Protective Equipment regionally, he mentioned.
“If you want to donate to the emergency efforts on the ground, go to redcross.Ca. As a world, we are in this fight together,” Trudeau mentioned.
About the talks between the Foreign Affairs Ministers of each the international locations, he mentioned: “We are there to support in any ways we can, and those conversations are very much ongoing.”
“It’s something that Canadians are extremely concerned about as we see the terrible and tragic images coming out of India. We know that we need to be there for our friends. And indeed, we need to be there for everyone around the world because we don’t get through this pandemic anywhere until we get through it everywhere,” PM Trudeau mentioned.
Earlier, Foreign Affairs Minister Garneau mentioned on Twitter that he spoke to his Indian counterpart Jaishankar concerning the COVID-19 state of affairs within the nation and conveyed Canada’s solidarity with the folks of India.
“This morning, I spoke with @DrSJaishankar to convey Canada’s solidarity with the people of India as they face this deadly wave of #Covid19. Canada is exploring all options to support India’s urgent needs. We are ready to assist,” he mentioned in a tweet.
India is combating a second wave of the pandemic with greater than 3,00,000 each day new coronavirus instances being reported prior to now few days, and hospitals in a number of states are reeling below a scarcity of medical oxygen and beds.
India noticed a document single-day rise of 3,60,960 coronavirus instances, which pushed the full tally to 1,79,97,267, whereas the demise toll crossed two lakh following 3,293 recent fatalities, the well being ministry mentioned on Wednesday. The demise toll stands at 2,01,187, it mentioned.
