‘Helping India respond to this latest wave is humane and is in the US' national interest’The United States is working closely with India on its continued and emerging needs during the unprecedented second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a top State Department official has said. I will continue working with the Biden administration on this,” Mr. Warner said after the call. Mr. Warner is Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. According to Mr. Price, there have now been six airlifts to India deployed by the USAID in the course of six days. “In addition, USAID immediately allocated funding to purchase locally an additional 1,000 mobile oxygen concentrators,” Mr. Price added.

Source: The Hindu May 12, 2021 02:03 UTC