Israel, India agree to continue cooperation in fight against COVID-19

On October 4, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he spoke with “his friend” Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and two nations have agreed to promote India-Israel cooperation in fight against vel coronavirus pandemic. Furr, he ded that countries will emphasize on techlogical cooperation and testing in an online statement. Israeli PM held a telephonic conversation with his Indian counterpart, PM Modi and discussed bilateral cooperation to combat coronavirus pandemic. 

Israel and India have been closely involved in testing process of COVID-19 as easier in August, a team of scientists working to develop a rapid testing kit for coronavirus arrived in India to work with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, Israeli Embassy in India said in a statement. Israel's ministries of foreign affairs, defense and health has been leing unprecedented anti-COVID-19 cooperation with India. In a nine-day swabbing marathon, Israeli delegation collected over 20,000 coronavirus samples to determine effectiveness of several Israeli techlogies developed for rapid diagsis of COVID-19. Israeli delegation was led by Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) in Israeli Ministry of Defense, as well as Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health.

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Cutting-edge equipment for India

According to official press release, team comprised of approximately 20 experts in various industries associated with development of diagstic solutions.  delegation was led by Israel's Ambassor to India, Dr. Ron Malka. An Israeli aircraft also carried cutting-edge equipment brought by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and members of private sector in Israel. India and Israel co-operation led to collection of tens of thousands of COVID-19 samples and later analyse m using AI-based computer systems. "Israel and India share collaborations in every area of science. friendship and trust our countries have developed over years have improved ongoing studies' speed and quality. I am sure that some of se will be successful and result in great value to our countries and humanity," K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific visor from Prime Minister of India's office (PMO) said. 

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(with inputs from ANI)