US vows support to India for Covid fight, UK to send medical devices

A senior government official said India was urgently looking at augmenting oxygen supply

The United States on Sunday pledged to “rapidly deploy additional support” to India as an unabated rise in Covid-19 cases continued to wreak havoc in the country, and said it was “working closely” with the Indian government.
 
This came amid intense pressure on the Biden government from various quarters, including the powerful US Chambers of Commerce, lawmakers, and Indian-Americans, to ship AstraZeneca and other Covid-19 vaccines, along with life-saving medical supplies, to India.
 
“Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific Covid-19 outbreak. We are working closely with our partners in the