COVID Situation in India: Satya Nadela ‘Heartbroken’, Sundar Pichai ‘Devastated’


Microsoft CEO Satya Nadela expressed concern about the current COVID-19 situation in India and thanked the US for mobilizing help during this hour of crisis. Nadela tweeted that the current situation in India was "heartbreaking" and added that he was "grateful that the US government is mobilizing to help". Google CEO Sundar Pichai also tweeted that he was "devastated" when he saw the worsening COVID crisis in India. He said Google and Googlers will support Rs. 135 crores in funding to provide India and UNICEF for medical care, community support organizations, and grants to support critical information.

Nadela also said Microsoft will continue to "use its voice, resources and technology to support relief efforts and help purchase critical oxygen concentration devices."

The current situation in India broke my heart. I am grateful that the US government is mobilizing to help. Microsoft will continue to use its voice, resources and technology to support relief efforts and assist in the purchase of devices with critical oxygen levels.

- Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) April 26, 2021

Devastated by the worsening Covid crisis in India. Google & Googlers provide @GiveIndia, @UNICEF, Rs 135 crore for medical care, organizations in support of high risk communities, and grants to disseminate critical information. Https://t.co/OHJ79iEzZH

- Sundar Pichai (undsundarpichai), April 26, 2021

In a statement, Sanjay Gupta Country Head & VP of Google India said the tech giant's funding would include grants from Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm. “The first is to give GiveIndia families, who are hardest hit by the crisis, money to cover their daily expenses. The second will go to UNICEF to bring urgent medical supplies, including oxygen and testing equipment, to where they are most needed in India. This also includes donations from our ongoing employee donation campaign. To date, more than 900 Googlers have donated $ 500,000 (approximately Rs.3.7 billion) to organizations that support high-risk and marginalized communities, ”said Gupta.

Nadela and Pichai's tweets hit the US within hours, saying they would "immediately" provide the raw material sources needed to expand Covishield vaccine production as India continues with a daily increase of over 300,000 cases has to fight.

US President Joe Biden pledged US aid to India and said the country was "determined" to extend aid.

On Sunday, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke to his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and confirmed it, as his country has identified "supplies of therapeutics, rapid tests, ventilators and PPE suits that are (also) being manufactured immediately." available for India ".

The US is also pursuing "options to provide urgent oxygen and related supplies" to help India overcome a shortage that has put the lives of thousands of COVID-positive patients and those battling other diseases at risk .

"Just as India sent aid to the US because our hospitals were overloaded at the start of the pandemic, the US is determined to help India in its need," the US said.

Meanwhile, the situation in India remains extremely critical as 3.52 lakh new infections have occurred in the past 24 hours. Another 2,806 people were killed by the infection on Sunday. This is the largest increase in death toll in a day. India now has a mammoth of 2.8 million active cases, even with people struggling to get beds, oxygen supplies and ventilators in private and government health facilities.

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