The Biden administration is now working to prolong that help to different South Asian international locations which have been impacted by Covid-19 pandemic. Reuters
To date, the United States has supplied over USD 500 million in Covid reduction to India, together with contributions from the US federal and state governments, American corporations and organizations and personal residents, White House Press Secretary mentioned.
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The US has up to now supplied over USD 500 million in Covid-19 help to India, the White House mentioned on Wednesday, including it will quickly make a willpower on distribution of the 80 million vaccines to different international locations. “To date, the United States has supplied over USD 500 million in Covid reduction to India, together with contributions from the US federal and state governments, American corporations and organizations and personal residents,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told members of the White House Foreign Press Group in a virtual press conference call.
The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have been impacted by Covid-19 pandemic. “We’ve sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine”. “In phrases of the 80 million doses (of Covid-19 vaccines), we all know there’s quite a lot of curiosity in this understandably 60 million of AstraZeneca and 20 million of three different authorised vaccines. Right now, it’s working by way of an interagency course of,” Psaki mentioned in response to a query.
The interagency team including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and those from the State Department are discussing to determine how the United States is going to distribute and share these vaccine doses. “Certainly, the plight of everything the people of India had been through is obviously on our minds but there are also a range of countries and regions around the world that have been deeply impacted that are also in need. So, these are all factors. Hopefully, we’ll have more on this in the coming days,” Psaki mentioned.
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