US praises India's 'generous' efforts to help friends & partners in fight against COVID

Alice G Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of US Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under US State Department, has hailed India's efforts to support or countries in fight against COVID-19. She said India's "generous efforts to assist friends and partners is commendable" and se actions emphasize that "we're" all in this fight against COVID-19 toger. 

'We are all in this fight toger'

India on Wednesday sent supplies to Mauritius and Seychelles, island nations on Indian Ocean, which have traditional and diasporic links with India and are also important for India from strategic viewpoint.

India has also delivered half a million tablets of Hydroxychloroquine and 12 tons of lifesaving medicines to Mauritius on April 15. Indian Embassy in Mauritius had tweeted about it on April 15.

India's Hydroxychloroquine diplomacy

According to a report, list of countries India has sent or will be sending HCQ to includes US, Mauritius, Seychelles, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Zambia, Dominican Republic, Madagascar, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali Congo, Egypt, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ecuador, Jamaica, Syria, Ukraine, Chad, Zimbabwe, France, Jordan, Kenya, Nerlands, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Uruguay, Columbia, Algeria Bahamas, and United Kingdom.

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On or hand, India has reached out to purchase COVID-19 testing kits from various nations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar have been making calls to ir counterparts across world. Indian missions overseas also have been tasked with sourcing supplies for India's fight against Coronavirus.

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With 957 new cases of COVID-19 in last 24 hours and 36 deaths, India's total count of Coronavirus cases has surged to 14,792, said Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. total cases are inclusive of 2,014 cured and discharged patients, one migrated and 488 deaths. At present, re are 12,289 active COVID-19 cases in country.

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(With ncy inputs)