“Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific COVID-19 outbreak. We are working closely with our partners in the Indian government, and we will rapidly deploy additional support to the people of India and India’s healthcare heroes,” Mr. Blinken tweeted on Saturday evening, after the Biden administration had been widely criticised over the last week for not adequately supporting India, which is in need of vaccines and oxygen. Some, like Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, had called on the Biden administration to lift embargoes on the export of vaccine raw materials. “@POTUS please speak to @PMOIndia and see if we can lend 10M doses of AZ vaccine like tomorrow. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had tweeted a message of “solidarity with the people of India” on Saturday.

Source: The Hindu April 25, 2021 05:08 UTC