China on Thursday put its hand forward towards India. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it was ready to provide outbreak prevention support and medical supplies to India as the country faces a vicious second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, putting its health infrastructure under severe strain. The spokesperson of China’s ministry said Beijing was ready to help.
“The Chinese side notes that the epidemic situation in India is severe and there’s a temporary shortage of epidemic prevention and medical supplies,” says Wang Webin, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
“We are ready to provide the necessary support to India” Wang from China added.
India displayed 314,835 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. The country had the highest single-day tally recorded anywhere in the world since the pandemic started. At the same time, India’s death toll from the disease rose by 2,104.
India’s tally of confirmed cases is now almost 16 million, second only to America’s count of almost 32 million, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University’s Covid-19 tracker.
“The Covid-19 epidemic is the common enemy of all mankind. The international community needs to unite as one to fight against the epidemic,” Wang said.
It could not be immediately determined if Beijing has officially extended the proposal to help New Delhi.
