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  Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times  Published: 28 Apr 2021 10:53 AM BdST Updated: 28 Apr 2021 10:53 AM BdST COVID-19 patients receive oxygen at a Sikh gurdwara in Delhi, Sunday, April 25, 2021. President Joe Biden, under intense pressure to do more to address the global coronavirus pandemic, including a humanitarian crisis in India, intends to share up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other nations, so long as federal regulators deem the doses safe. (Atul Loke/The N...

The US has stepped up and stepped in to help India. Its delay wasn’t a strategic break Rudra Chaudhuri © Provided by The Print There is anger on the streets. Fear, angst, and an overall sense of unease have settled into the lifeblood of India’s towns and cities. Experts argue over the ‘viral variant’ of Covid-19 that has swept the nation, but the devastating speed of infection is all too telling. On 26 April, India recorded 3,23,023 cases. The healthcare system is ove...

As Virus Rages Abroad, Biden Promises to Ship Millions of Vaccine Doses President Biden will send up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to countries pleading for help, but some see a medicine dropper for “a four-alarm fire.” People receiving oxygen treatments for Covid-19 on Sunday in Delhi. On Monday, India broke the world record for daily coronavirus infections for a fifth consecutive day, reporting nearly 353,000 new cases. Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times April 26, ...

US diverted pending orders to support India’s vaccine manufacturing: White House official In a Twitter thread, White House’s Covid supply coordinator explained how the DPA works. He said the law ‘doesn’t create shortages’. Nayanima Basu 26 April, 2021 10:07 pm IST Text Size: A+ New Delhi: A day after US President Joe Biden said Washington is “determined” to help India to tackle the Covid-19 crisis, Tim Manning, the White Hous...

US will share vaccines and raw materials with other countries Credit: Alok Uniyal This is an excerpt from the April 27, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter.  A White House spokesperson didn’t specify which countries would receive the vaccine. In addition, the U.S. will share raw materials for vaccine manufacturing, therapeutics, rapid test kits, ventilators and personal protective equipment with India, which is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 c...

Advertisement Amid an unfolding COVID-19 catastrophe in India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke over telephone on April 26. The call came a day after the United States embarked on a large-scale campaign to assure India, a vital security partner, that it stands by the country amid a tsunami of new cases that has pushed India’s creaky healthcare system to its breaking point. Over the last couple of weeks as the pandemic raged on, significant and influential...

US Defense Production Act does not mean export ban, clarifies White House ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 23:49 IST Washington DC [US], April 26 (ANI): After facing a barrage of criticism for denying essential COVID supplies to India, the United States on Tuesday defended the Defense Production Act (DFA), a US policy under which the supplies were reportedly withheld. Tim Manning, the White HouseCOVID-19 Supply Coordinator, in a series of tweets explained how t...

Shining Much‐​Needed Light on the Defense Production Act SHARE Ever since the pandemic began, the little‐​known, cold war‐​era Defense Production Act has played a prominent role in the U.S. government’s response to COVID-19. At the vigorous urging of a bipartisan swath of politicians and commentators, both Presidents Trump and Biden repeatedly invoked the DPA, which confers upon the executive branch broad powers to compel (Title I) or subsidize (Title III) private actors i...

Amid Second Virus Wave, the World Responds to India’s Distress Call Countries, companies and powerful members of the diaspora have all pledged to pitch in, but it likely won’t be enough to stop the unfolding catastrophe. A man receiving oxygen outside a Sikh house of worship in Delhi on Sunday.Credit...Atul Loke for The New York Times April 26, 2021Updated 4:52 p.m. ET NEW DELHI — Oxygen generators from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Raw material for coronavirus vaccines from ...

Government Executive Get the latest workforce news delivered to your inbox. email Coronavirus Roundup: Smithsonian Announces Reopening; OMB and Oversight Panel Offer Guidelines on Payment Integrity of Relief Funds  Theres a lot to keep track of. Here’s today’s list of news updates and stories you may have missed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee voted on Friday to recommend lifting the pause on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. The co...