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 The supplies, which will begin arriving on Thursday and continue
into next week, include 1,000 oxygen cylinders, 15 million N95 masks
and 1 million rapid diagnostic tests, the statement said.
The United States also has redirected its own order of AstraZeneca
manufacturing supplies to India, which will allow it to make over 20
million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the White House.
"Just as India sent assistance to the United States when our
hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, the United States is
determined to help India in its time of need," the White House said
in a fact sheet outlining the aid.
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 India's death toll from the
coronavirus pandemic surged past 200,000 on
Wednesday, worsened by shortages of hospital
beds and medical oxygen. The last 24 hours
brought 360,960 new cases for the world's
largest single-day total, taking India's tally
of infections to nearly 18 million.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad
Zargham and Rosalba O'Brien)
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