NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump communicated through the social media on Saturday shortly after the latter told the media covering the White House that the US would send ventilators to India.
The PM said in times of the ongoing global health crisis, it is important for nations to work together and do as much as possible to make the world healthier and free Covid-19.
“I am proud to announce that the US will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and Narendra Modi during this pandemic…We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy,” Trump tweeted.
India, called the pharmacy of the world, had earned much international goodwill by dispatching the drug to over 100 nations for their frontline healthcare workers.
Modi said in times of global health crisis caused by the outbreak, it is important for nations to work together to make the world healthier.