Biden Administration to, Send Aid to India, Amid Spike in COVID-19 Cases.<br />President Joe Biden's administration has announced its<br />intent to deploy resources and supplies to India. .<br />In a tweet on Sunday, Biden<br />confirmed that the United States<br />was “determined” to help the<br />country in their “time of need.” .<br />Just as India sent assistance<br />to the United States as our<br />hospitals were strained early<br />in the pandemic, we are<br />determined to help India<br />in its time of need, Joe Biden, via Twitter.<br />NSC spokesperson Emily Horne released a statement further confirming that the two countries had been in communication. .<br />Per Horne's statement, the U.S. will make<br />available “specific raw material” that India urgently<br />requires for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing. .<br />The U.S. will also make available vital PPE, therapeutic<br />supplies, rapid diagnostic test kits and ventilators. .<br />Funding-wise, the U.S. will back a major expansion<br />of India’s vaccine manufacturer BioE.<br />This will enable them to ramp up vaccine production<br />to at least one billion doses by the end of 2022. .<br />India has been experiencing a devastating spike in COVID-19<br />infections, with nearly 350,000 new cases reported on Sunday. .<br />According to CNN, that marks the fourth day in a row<br />that India has set a global record for daily infections.
