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US drugmakers step up supplies as India battles COVID-19 surge
FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Gilead Sciences COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany on Apr 18, 2020. (Ulrich Perrey/Pool via Reuters)
27 Apr 2021 11:30PM (Updated:
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CALIFORNIA: US drugmaker Merck & Co joined Gilead Sciences on Tuesday (Apr 27) in lending support to India as the world s second-most populous country scrambles to address drug shortages and bring a raging new wave of COVID-19 cases under control.
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NEW DELHI: India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections that are overwhelming hospitals, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid.
In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said oxygen would be released to hospitals from armed forces reserves and retired medical military personnel would join Covid-19 health facilities.
And where possible, military medical infrastructure will be made available to civilians, a government statement said, as new coronavirus infections hit a record peak for a fifth day.
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By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Neha Arora
NEW DELHI, April 26 (Reuters) - India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus infections that are overwhelming hospitals, as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid.
In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said oxygen would be released to hospitals from armed forces reserves and retired medical military personnel would join COVID-19 health facilities.