Continued medical support to India, where WHO infection is rapidly spreading

WHO = World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros continues to support India, where the medical system continues to be in crisis due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus, by providing medical equipment and setting up temporary hospitals. After that, he called on each country to take thorough measures against infection.

In India, the rapid spread of the new coronavirus continues to threaten the medical system, and the shortage of beds and medical oxygen continues.

WHO Secretary-General Tedros said at a regular press conference on the 3rd to provide medical equipment to supply oxygen to India, to support the establishment of temporary hospitals, and to care for infected people who cannot be hospitalized at home. He said he was giving advice.

Secretary-General Tedros urged each country to take thorough measures against infection, saying that the infection could spread again in other areas.

In addition, Tedros said that the COVAX facility, a framework for fair distribution of vaccines, has signed a contract to receive 500 million doses of vaccines from pharmaceutical company Moderna, and supply is expected to start in the second half of the third quarter. Welcomed.

Regarding COVAX, the supply of vaccines such as AstraZeneca produced in India has been significantly delayed, and Secretary-General Tedros said, "There are still strict restrictions on distribution," and secure more vaccines than the amount required for their own people. We called on the countries that are doing so to donate to COVAX.

U.S. Secretary of State also "determines to support everything"

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is visiting the United Kingdom to attend the G7 = Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Seven Major Countries, met with Indian Foreign Minister Antony Jaishankar, who was invited as a guest to the meeting on the 3rd.

After the meeting, the two foreign ministers told reporters that they had exchanged views on support for India in the face of the rapid spread of the new coronavirus.

"We are fighting together and are determined to provide all support," Blinken said.

The U.S. government has so far announced that it will provide India with medical supplies such as oxygen bombs and medical masks worth more than 100 million dollars and 10 billion yen in Japanese yen. We are focusing on supporting India, which aims to strengthen relations.