The United States is “extremely concerned” about the large increase in coronavirus cases in India: the White House has announced that it will offer further support to the Indian government and health workers to fight the pandemic: “High level meetings are underway and we anticipate to rapidly provide further support to the Indian government and health workers as they fight this latest major outbreak. We will have more news to share very soon, “the spokesperson said.
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The health situation in India is so delicate, and the Indian variant is feared to the point that the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza also intervened today, blocking arrivals from the subcontinent: “I signed a new ordinance prohibiting entry into Italy to those who has been in India in the last 14 days. Residents in Italy will be able to return with a tampon on departure and arrival and with the obligation of quarantine. Anyone who has been in India in the last 14 days and is already in our country is required to undergo buffer by contacting the prevention departments. Our scientists are working to study the new Indian variant. We cannot let our guard down. “
Washington, meanwhile, is under increasing pressure to do more to help India, the world‘s largest democracy and a strategic ally in President Joe Biden’s efforts to counter China. The country is grappling with a record rise in coronavirus infections. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce called on the Biden administration on Friday to use millions of stored doses of the Astrazeneca vaccine to ship them to India, Brazil and other hard-hit countries.
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The Indian government has deployed military airplanes and trains to bring urgently needed oxygen to Delhi, taking it from other parts of the country and from foreign countries including Singapore. The number of cases in India increased yesterday by 349,691, to a total of 16.96 million cases with 192,311 deaths, the health ministry said.
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With 1.3 billion people, India is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University School of Public Health, cautioned in an editorial published Saturday in the Washington Post in which he revealed that although about two thousand people die every day in India according to official data, most experts estimate the real number to be five to 10 times higher.
Officials from both countries are engaged at various levels to ensure a regular supply of components from US companies to produce Covid-19 vaccines in India, reports the Indian Embassy in Washington that it is important to work together to overcome bottlenecks in chains medical supply and accelerate ongoing vaccination efforts.
Jha called on Washington to send high-quality oxygen, excess test kits and personal protective equipment, including face masks and patient treatment medications, including sedatives and Remdesivir, to India. Jha also urged the Biden administration to share excess vaccines with India and other countries in crisis, citing about 30 million unused doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine which is in use elsewhere but has not been cleared by US regulators.
Washington is also expected to lift commodity export controls under the Defense Production Act and related export embargo imposed in February, Jha wrote. White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Friday that US and Indian officials were working together to address the crisis, but did not go into the matter and adding that the United States has already provided India with approximately $ 1.4 billion in health care, emergency relief supplies, pandemic training for health officials local and state Indian and fans.
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