India, US collaborating in diagnostics to fight Covid-19: Ambassador Sandhu
India
and the US are working together on combating the deadly coronavirus and collaboration is underway in the areas
of diagnostics and therapeutics of the disease, which so far has taken the
lives of more than 20,000 people globally, according to the Indian envoy here.
The
deadly coronavirus that first emerged in China's Wuhan city has drastically
spread around the world, infecting 471,518 people and causing 21,293 deaths,
according to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker.
"In
the present context of COVID-19 pandemic, close collaboration in the areas of
diagnostics and therapeutics of the disease is underway, India's Ambassador to
the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu told PTI.
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"India
and the United States have had a long-standing productive partnership in the
healthcare sector, especially between the research institutions and industries
of both countries, he said.
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