Just three days after declaring U.S. support for India’s disastrous Covid-19 spread, the White House released a slew of specific actions supporting India in this battle:
- An initial delivery of 1,100 cylinders will remain in India and can be repeatedly refilled with oxygen at local supply centers, with more planeloads to come.
- 1,700 mobile oxygen concentrators to obtain oxygen from ambient air provide options for flexible patient treatment.
- Large scale Oxygen Generation Units to support up to 20 patients each, and additional mobile units to target specific shortages. A team of U.S. experts will support these units, working with Indian medical personnel.
- The U.S. has re-directed its own order of Astra Zeneca manufacturing supplies to India. This will allow India to make over 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
- 1 million rapid diagnostic tests – the same type used by the White House — to provide reliable results in less than 15 minutes to help identify and prevent community spread.
- The first tranche of a planned 20,000 treatment courses of the antiviral drug remdesivir to help treat hospitalized patients.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
