US and UK lead global efforts to help India’s Covid crisis
by Rebecca Ratcliffe from World news | The Guardian on (#5H1WR)
Washington reverses vaccine export ban while Downing Street dispatches ventilators and oxygen
International efforts to help India fight its devastating coronavirus crisis have stepped up as the White House said the US would immediately provide raw materials for vaccine manufacture and the UK announced it had dispatched ventilators and oxygen to Delhi.
France and Germany are also set to send much-needed oxygen to India in the coming days as it battles the world's worst outbreak. Pakistan, a traditional foe, offered medical equipment and supplies after the prime minister, Imran Khan, tweeted prayers for a speedy recovery".
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