The President of United States Joe Biden says that US is determined to help India in times of crisis as it did when America was suffering during the first of pandemic.
President Biden retweeted his National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s tweet on Twitter and wrote,
“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.”
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. https://t.co/SzWRj0eP3y
— President Biden (@POTUS) April 25, 2021
The US president assured all kinds of support and cooperation to Indian PM Narendra Modi, the White House said, adding that India to be provided with vaccines and vaccine-making equipment.
US aid to India will include masks, vaccines, and PPE kits. Also, laws on equipment availability will be relaxed under the World Trade Organisation. In addition, the US will send millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to India
India’s daily rise in coronavirus cases retreated from record levels on Tuesday but stayed above the 300,000 marks for a sixth straight day.
With 323,144 new cases, India’s overall caseload now stands at 17.64 million. Deaths from COVID-19 rose by 2,771 to reach a total of 197,894, according to health ministry data.
While in case of the United States, new cases of Covid-19 have fallen 16% last week to about 409,000, the biggest percentage drop in weekly new cases since February, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county data.
