U.S. has provided over $500 million in COVID relief to India: White House

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

The U.S. has so far provided over $500 million in COVID-19 assistance to India, the White House said on May 19, adding it would soon make a determination on distribution of the 80 million vaccines to other countries. "To date, the United States has provided over $500 million in COVID relief to India, including contributions from the U.S. federal and State governments, American companies and organisations and private citizens," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told members of the White House Foreign Press Group in a virtual press conference call. The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic. "We've sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine".