According to CNN, the Defense Department will provide support to India for its Covid response, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Sunday.
“I have directed the Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our authority, to support U.S. inter-agency efforts to rapidly provide India’s front line healthcare workers with the materials they need. We are currently assessing the equipment we can both procure and draw from our own inventory in the coming days and weeks,” Austin said in a statement.
Austin also announced that in the next few days, the department will provide transportation and logistics assistance to deliver needed supplies to India, including oxygen-related equipment, rapid testing kits and personal protective equipment. “We will continue to work closely with other U.S. agencies and Departments, as well as with industry, to support our Indian partners in their effort to combat this outbreak,” Austin said.
