Covid-19: UK Indians rally to help during Covid crisis
By Sima Kotecha & Joseph Lee
BBC News
image captionWorshippers at a temple in Wembley prayed for India as it faces a deadly wave of infections
Scenes of people in India begging for oxygen during the nation s record Covid surge have shocked and moved the world. And no-one has been more moved than the global Indian diaspora. So how are those in the UK responding to the crisis?
In a Hindu temple in Wembley, north-west London, the small congregation is chanting a special prayer for people thousands of miles away.
The Hanuman Chalisa is a devotional hymn believed to have immense power for helping those in need.
No Surplus Covid Vaccine Doses To Send To India Right Now: UK No Surplus Covid Vaccine Doses To Send To India Right Now: UK We committed in February to sending excess doses from the UK s supply to the COVAX procurement pool and to countries in need, once they are available, the UK Prime Minister s spokesperson said. Right now we are moving through the UK prioritisation list for our domestic rollout, UK said.
London:
The United Kingdom (UK) is currently moving through its domestic priority lists for COVID-19 vaccines and therefore has no surplus doses to share with countries in need such as India at this stage, Downing Street said on Tuesday.
LONDON: The UK is currently moving through its domestic priority lists for Covid-19 vaccines and therefore has no surplus doses to share with countries in need such as India at this stage, Downing Street said on Tuesday.
In reference to India s devastating second wave of the pandemic, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson s spokesperson said the process is kept under constant review, while the country sends an assistance package made up of 495 oxygen concentrators, 120 non-invasive ventilators and 20 manual ventilators to India to meet the supply shortages over the course of the week.
The first tranche of 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators arrived in New Delhi early on Tuesday.
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