Ready To Supply Medical Equipment, Assistance To Africa: India Amid Omicron Scare
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"We are ready to supply medical equipment, assistance and collaboration with any country if they come forward with any such kind of issue," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said during a press briefing.
India on Thursday said that it is ready to supply medical equipment and life-saving drugs to any country in Africa, amid the emergence of the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
"We are ready to supply medical equipment, assistance and collaboration with any country if they come forward with any such kind of issue," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said during a press briefing.
"We are also willing to deepen our medical cooperation or collaboration whether its the virus characterization or genomic surveillance," he added.
On the issue of flights curb due to Omicron spread, the spokesperson said that some countries have stopped flights from that region or countries they define as a region of Omicron but "we haven't done that."
