UK government is looking to help India with medicines and equipment amid a surging second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
According to reports, British officials are in talks with India and ministers hope some of the supplies of surplus medical equipment can be send to hospitals there whose capacity has been overwhelmed.
British prime minister Boris Johnson said: “We’re looking at what we can do to help and support the people of India, possibly with ventilators.
“Thanks to the ventilator challenge, the huge efforts of British manufacturers, we’re better able now to deliver ventilators to other countries.
“But also possibly with therapeutics, Dexamethasone, other things, we’ll look at what we can do to help.”
Moreover, the United Kingdom is under pressure to cancel a late order of AstraZeneca doses manufactured in India by Serum Institute of India, as it races to meet the demand of its country.
Is UK going to cancel its order of AstraZeneca vaccine from India? “I am not going to get into details of supplies or deliveries but we remain confident in our supply,” prime minister's official spokesman said.
Manmohan Singh; the then prime minister of India walks in procession through Cambridge University in October 2006 before receiving an honorary Doctor of Law degree
With US president Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and his wife Gursharan Kaur at the White House in November 2009
With Pakistan prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the 2011 ICC World Cup semifinal in Mohali, north India
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II during a reception for G20 leaders at Buckingham Palace in April 2009 
The scale of the event is immense, comparable to the combined populations of the United States and Canada. (Photo: Getty Images)
A Hindu devotee smeared with ash dances during a religious procession ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on January 10. (Photo: Getty Images)
Pilgrims carrying their belongings walk over floating pontoon bridges to go to Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, in Prayagraj on January 12. (Photo: Getty Images)