{"id":459839,"date":"2021-04-27T12:38:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T16:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=459839"},"modified":"2021-04-27T12:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T16:55:17","slug":"as-pandemic-surges-in-india-us-offers-oxygen-and-related-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-pandemic-surges-in-india-us-offers-oxygen-and-related-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"As Pandemic Surges in India, US Offers Oxygen and Related Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-pandemic-surges-in-india-us-offers-oxygen-and-related-supplies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=459839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NEW DELHI\u2014The United States has decided to support India with oxygen cylinders, oxygen generation systems, oxygen concentrators, ventilators,\u00a0therapeutics, personal protective equipment, tests, and other related supplies as India struggles with a huge surge in COVID cases. Critics say the help has been slow in coming.<\/p>\n<p>For the past five days, India has set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/healthcare\/india-sets-one-day-world-record-352991-new-covid-19-cases-reported-in-24-hours-9062541.htm\">a new world record<\/a> for a single-day increase in coronavirus cases, with over 300,000 new cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/india\/#graph-cases-daily\">each day<\/a> and a peak of 352,991 new cases on April 26. There have been over 17 million total cases since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is facing a huge surge right now, and there\u2019s a lot of support that we\u2019re currently exploring and what we\u2019re providing that will be helpful on the ground immediately,\u201d said White House senior administration officials in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/04\/26\/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-on-covid-19-in-india\/\">press call on April 26.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt India\u2019s request, we\u2019re exploring options to provide oxygen and related supplies.\u00a0 These are resources that India has specifically requested and are very high on their priority list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the same day as the press call, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/26\/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-call-with-prime-minister-narendra-modi-of-india-2\/\">President Joe Biden had a call<\/a> with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi where the two leaders decided to work \u201cclosely together\u201d to fight the pandemic and protect their \u201ccitizens and the health\u201d of their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust 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,\u201d the president earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1386401947729633280\">said in a message on Twitter<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan also had a call with his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval on Monday and the two advisors talked about the long-standing partnership of India and the United States in fighting battles against \u201csmallpox, polio, and HIV.\u201d Sullivan told Doval that the United States will deploy a team of public health advisors from the CDC and USAID to work with the U.S. Embassy, Indian Healthy Ministers, and India\u2019s Epidemic Intelligence Staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States has identified sources of specific raw material urgently required for Indian manufacture of the Covishield vaccine that will immediately be made available for India,\u201d said Emily Horne, the spokesperson of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSullivan46\/status\/1386359529865162752\">National Security Council in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3792388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-459842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  style=\"display:none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428-922x615.jpeg 922w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428-675x450.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3792388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, under a tent installed along the roadside amid THE COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad, India, on April 26, 2021. (Sajjad Hussain\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>Response Criticized<\/h2>\n<p>Michael Kugelman, the deputy director and the Senior Associate for South Asia at the Washington DC-based Wilson Center told The Epoch Times over the phone that the Biden administration decision to provide assistance to India is \u201ccertainly a welcome decision\u201d and its a \u201cprecious, comprehensive assistance package,\u201d but it should have come earlier.<\/p>\n<p>He said it\u2019s more of a way to express support and solidarity with Indian people rather than providing assistance because India and the United States have a \u201cbroad-based partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public diplomacy aspect of the U.S. response could have been better. The messaging could have been more immediate. But I think at the end of the day what\u2019s important is that help is on the way,\u201d said Kugelman.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Harsh Pant, Director of the Studies and Head of the Strategic Studies Programme at New Delhi based Observer Research Foundation also said that the U.S. response to this \u201ctragedy\u201d was a bit late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the optics of the complete silence on the part of America for the past few days has been visibly noted in India, and I think there\u2019s a sense of outrage in India,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The press in India have noticed the remarks of State Department spokesperson Ned Price in an April 22 press briefing. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/world-news\/us-news\/america-first-us-denies-indias-request-to-lift-ban-on-raw-material-of-covid-vaccine.html\">responding to a question<\/a> about supporting India during the recent crisis, Price said that America had a \u201cspecial responsibility\u201d to first take care of its own citizens.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later the message from Sullivan to Doval sent a more supportive message.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier during this month, the U.S. Navy\u2019s 7th fleet carried out a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.in\/news\/india\/2021\/04\/09\/us-warship-sailed-inside-indias-exclusive-economic-zone-without-prior-consent.html\">freedom of navigation\u201d<\/a> operation through India\u2019s special economic zone area near the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian sea without seeking India\u2019s prior consent.<\/p>\n<p>Though the U.S. administration later said it was <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/latest\/991972\/us-says-its-warship-conducted-innocent-passage-through-indias-exclusive-economic-zone\">an innocent move<\/a>, Pant said there are people in India who are \u201cconnecting various dots,\u201d and there\u2019s some negativity against the Biden administration in India currently.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3787050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3787050 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-430-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"india-deaths\" width=\"4269\" height=\"2668\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Relatives sit next to the dead bodies of COVID-19 victims at a municipal electric crematorium in Allahabad, India, on April 22, 2021. (Sanjay Kanojia\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<h2>Raising Oxygen for India<\/h2>\n<p>The White House senior administration officials told the reporters that the Department of Defense and the USAID are looking for options to provide oxygen generation systems, and the Department of State is currently finalizing ways to arrange for oxygen, including cylinders, for India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have the Department of Defense working on oxygen generation systems, including larger-scale as well as smaller-scale units,\u201d said the officials, adding that the United States used oxygen generation systems in its field hospitals for 50-100 beds during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019ll stress that some of these elements are in the exploration phase; they\u2019re shorter- and longer-term options that we\u2019re providing in the immediate, and then we plan to continue to be engaged over the longer term,\u201d said the officials.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. administration is also exploring the provision of oxygen concentrators and ventilators and is working out with India to make sure the U.S. equipment works with the Indian devices and necessary training will also be provided.<\/p>\n<p>Other categories of assistance that the United States is providing include therapeutics, personal protective equipment, and tests, and the United States is immediately making available commercial supplies of the therapeutic remdesivir for Indian patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI\u2014The United States has decided to support India with oxygen cylinders, oxygen generation systems, oxygen concentrators, ventilators,\u00a0therapeutics, personal protective equipment, tests, and other related supplies as India struggles with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"As Pandemic Surges in India, US Offers Oxygen and Related Supplies","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-428.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"As Pandemic Surges in India, US Offers Oxygen and Related Supplies","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}