President Joe Biden said he intends to send vaccines from the U.S. to India as the country battles the worst coronavirus surge in the world, but did not specify timing for a decision or shipments. Biden said Tuesday that in a call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he discussed “when we’ll be able to send actual vaccines to India, which would be my intention to do." In the meantime, the U.S. is providing aid including the therapeutic drug remdisivir and machinery for vaccine manufacturing, Biden said. Biden and Modi spoke about U.S. aid to the country on Monday. European countries are also pledging help as new cases in the South Asian country smash world records.

Source: Mint April 27, 2021 19:07 UTC