Barclays has funded 1 million pounds ($1.4 million) worth of medical supplies for India in the last week, as British banks with big operations in the country increase support to their own staff and wider communities. India s total coronavirus cases exceeded 18 million on Thursday after another record number of daily infections added to the strain on overwhelmed hospitals. Employers in India have set up COVID-19 war-rooms to source oxygen, medicine and hospital beds for infected workers, Reuters reported. We are very focused on India right now, which is our second biggest employee location, Chief Executive Jes Staley told reporters on Friday after the bank s first quarter results.
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