Among several global organizations and Indian American nonprofits ramping up to provide relief to India as it battles its latest COVID-19 crisis, the International Association for Human Values, in partnership with India-based Art of Living, has raised a $1 million fund (out of a target $2 million) to mobilize emergency equipment and deploy essential services, a media release said May 3, according to a PTI report.
Already 250 medical grade oxygen concentrators, 50 ventilators and 413 oxygen cylinders have been distributed to hospitals in need, it noted, adding that in addition, 450 oxygen concentrators from the U.S. and 1,000 from China have been procured and are in the process of getting to India this week. Another 1000 concentrators have been ordered, it said.
Bay Area Indian Americans mobilize to send aid to COVID-affected families in India
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A COVID-19 patient receives oxygen inside a car provided by a Gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 24, 2021.Altaf Qadri/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Clockwise from bottom center, Sana Javeri Kadri and her partner Rosie Russell with Kadri s father Rahul, brother Aman Javeri Kadri and mother Shimul Javeri in Mumbai, India in March 2020. Sana Javeri Kadri, CEO of the Oakland-based spice company Diaspora Co., is calling for increased public awareness and financial support for India during its devastating second wave in the COVID-19 crisis.Courtesy Sana Javeri Kadri / Courtesy Sana Javeri KadriShow MoreShow Less
Biden says he will send vaccines to India to help them deal with the world s worst COVID surge - but doesn t say when or if he will deliver unused AstraZeneca shots
President Joe Biden said the U.S. is sending a whole series of help to India to combat the coronavirus, including live-saving therapeutics We are sending the actual mechanical parts that are needed for the machinery they have to build a vaccine, Biden also said
The president added that the administration is engaging in discussions about when the U.S. could send vaccine doses to India
He didn t share additional details about when vaccines could be shipped as India faces a massive outbreak
Biden urged to hand over all of America s 60 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to India dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.