US Doing Everything It Can To Help India Fight COVID-19, Says Official

In the last one week, six air shipments of vital assistance have landed in India, which is battling the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Senior Advisor Ervin Massinga said.

The US government is making all the efforts to help India in this hour of crisis, a senior State Department official has said. In the last one week, six air shipments of vital assistance have landed in India, which is battling the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Senior Advisor Ervin Massinga from the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs said on Friday. These flights included health supplies such as oxygen concentrators, N95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicines. US assistance is expected to be about USD 100 million, he said. "The entire US government - from President Biden to our team at the Embassy and consulates on the ground - is doing everything we can to help India," Massinga said during an event called "Bolstering US COVID Relief Efforts in India: Perspectives from the Diaspora".