President Biden of the United States talks with Indian Prime Minister Modi over the phone after the number of people infected with the new coronavirus confirmed in India on the 1st exceeded 350,000 and the medical system is in a critical situation. , Announced emergency support for medical equipment, etc.
WHO = The World Health Organization is also feeling a sense of crisis and is rushing to support it.
In India, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus confirmed on the 26th and 1st was 352,991, which is the highest ever, and the rapid spread of infection has continued to exceed 300,000 for 5 consecutive days. The intensive care unit is running out of space, and we are in a critical situation where there is a significant shortage of medical oxygen.
In response to the situation, US President Joe Biden met with Indian Prime Minister Modi on the phone on the 26th.
According to the White House, President Biden has stated that he will urgently support medical oxygen and the raw materials needed to produce vaccines, specifically the oxygen-generating systems and ventilators used in temporary hospitals in the United States. They are considering providing vessels and dispatching public health specialists.
"We will give India the support it needs and will continue to communicate at the highest level of government," Saki, a spokesman for the White House, said at a press conference.
In addition, WHO Secretary-General Tedros also expressed a strong sense of crisis at the press conference on the 26th, saying that "it is beyond expressing it as sadness", providing medical equipment to supply oxygen and setting up a temporary hospital. I'm in a hurry to help.
WHO Executive Director “A sense of crisis about the rapid spread of infection worldwide”
WHO = World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros said at a press conference on the 26th that the number of new infections per week in the world has increased for 9 consecutive weeks, and last week alone was the first 5 months of last year's pandemic. He revealed that it was about the same as the number of infected people, and expressed a sense of crisis about the rapid spread of infection worldwide.
According to the WHO, the number of infected people in the last week was about 5.69 million, especially in India and Southeast Asian countries.
Mr. Bankerkov, who is in charge of technical measures against the new coronavirus, said that there are many people in the world who live in an environment where it is difficult to keep a distance between people and who can not get a mask. Each citizen has a role to play, such as diligent ventilation and spending time outdoors rather than indoors, and governments in each country should help citizens take measures against infection. "