U.S. joins European countries in sending vaccine material, medical equipment to India as virus worsens
Updated Apr 25, 2021;
Posted Apr 25, 2021
FILE - In this March 15, 2021, file photo, boxes of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative arrive at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. India said in March it would suspend vaccine exports until the virus s spread inside the country slows. The WHO recently described the supply situation as precarious. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)AP
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“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 Joe Biden tweeted on Sunday.
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 pandemi
India is administering an average of 2.6 million doses per day, according to Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker
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 help to stem the world s biggest surge in cases.
Material needed to produce Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine made in India, has been identified and will immediately be made available, Emily Horne, a spokesperson for U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, said in a statement released by the White House.
Sullivan spoke by phone Sunday with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, according to the statement, and the pair agreed to stay in close touch.