US Defense Secy Austin directs Pentagon to provide material support to Indian healthcare workers ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 08:05 IST
Washington [US] April 26 (ANI): US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J Austin III on Sunday (local time) directed Pentagon to use its resources in order to provide material support to frontline Indian healthcare workers who are fighting against the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. I m deeply concerned about the COVID-19 outbreak in India, and today, I directed the @DeptofDefense to use every resources at our disposal, within our authority, to support US interagency efforts to provide India s frontline healthcare workers with the materials they need, tweeted Austin.
Indian-American physician Vivek Murthy, the 21st Surgeon General of the US on Sunday (local time) said that the only way to address a global COVID-19 pandemic is global cooperation and mutual support. Confirming his above statement, Murthy announced that the US has taken steps to support India during its unprecedented second wave of COVID19 infections. Today, the US announced steps to support #India during its unprecedented wave of #COVID19 infections. It has been painful to watch the suffering and loss that so many have endured. The only way to address a global pandemic is global cooperation and mutual support, tweeted Murthy.
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U.S. says it will send India vaccine materials, boost aid finance
The U.K., France and Germany also pledged aid for India, which has reported some 1 million new cases over the last three days and 2,767 deaths in the latest 24-hour period.
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The U.S. will send India raw materials for vaccines and step up financing aid for COVID-19 shot production, joining European countries in pledging to help stem the world’s biggest surge in cases.
“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,” President Biden tweeted on Sunday.
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Only way to address COVID-19 is global cooperation, mutual support: US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 08:55 IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): Indian-American physician Vivek Murthy, the 21st Surgeon General of the US on Sunday (local time) said that the only way to address a global COVID-19 pandemic is global cooperation and mutual support.
Confirming his above statement, Murthy announced that the US has taken steps to support India during its unprecedented second wave of COVID19 infections. Today, the US announced steps to support #India during its unprecedented wave of #COVID19 infections. It has been painful to watch the suffering and loss that so many have endured. The only way to address a global pandemic is global cooperation and mutual support, tweeted Murthy.