Washington provides India with materials to manufacture vaccines, and Paris supplies oxygen

A White House spokeswoman said today, Sunday, that the United States will urgently provide India with raw materials to manufacture anti-virus vaccines, medical equipment and protective equipment to help it cope with the huge surge in Covid-19 infections.

For its part, the French presidency announced to France Press on Sunday that Paris will provide in the coming days "great oxygen support" to India, where Coronavirus infections increase.

A source close to the government said the aid would translate into sending in oxygen respirators, which India is sorely lacking.

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