Coronavirus | Joe Biden, Kamala Harris express support for India’s COVID-19 crisis

After days of being criticized for their silence on the COVID-19 outbreak ravaging India, prime officers of the manager department of the U.S. authorities, all the best way to the Vice President and President, expressed their solidarity with the nation over the weekend.

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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 stated on Twitter, posting a press release from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

“Spoke today with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval about the spike in COVID-19 cases in India and we agreed to stay in close touch in the coming days. The United States stands in solidarity with the people of India and we are deploying more supplies and resources,” Mr. Sullivan tweeted on Sunday afternoon, as he posted particulars of the help and reduction the U.S. was sending to India.

Earlier within the day, the National Security Council had issued a press release expressing solidarity with India and describing the help it was sending.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who’s of Indian descent additionally tweeted in regards to the COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday.

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“The U.S. is working closely with the Indian government to rapidly deploy additional support and supplies during an alarming COVID-19 outbreak. As we provide assistance, we pray for the people of India—including its courageous healthcare workers,” Ms. Harris tweeted.

Earlier within the week, U.S. senators and representatives, in addition to specialists at think-tanks and influential Indian Americans had cognized the outbreak in India, which has killed hundreds and resulted in oxygen and vaccine shortages. However, public strain mounted on the Biden administration to supply rapid help to handle the scenario as administration officers, with a number of exceptions, had been silent on the problem till the tip of the week.

On Saturday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had stated the U.S. would “rapidly” deploy “additional support” to India. On Friday White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had stated that Indian and U.S. officers have been in contact at numerous ranges in response to questions on whether or not the U.S. was supplying India with vaccines and oxygen.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman stated on Sunday that she had been in contact with Indian officers.

“I’ve been in close touch with FS @HarshVShringla and Amb @SandhuTaranjitS in recent days. The American people stand in solidarity with our friends in India during these difficult times. We are rapidly providing therapeutics, ventilators, PPE, raw material for vaccines, and more,” she tweeted.

The (Indian) authorities has received gives of oxygen, ventilators and medicines from non-public firms within the U.S. {and professional} associations, an official informed The Puucho.  Advocacy group UISISPF (the U.S.- India Strategic Partnership Forum) launched a press release saying India would obtain no less than ten containers for transporting oxygen inside the nation and a “significant shipment” of vaccines immediately from pharmaceutical firms.

The group stated it had positioned orders for 100,000 moveable oxygen concentrators for residence and hospital use, citing vital sourcing challenges resulting from provide chain disruptions. Several different organisations and people are contributing provides to India or have made gives of help.