Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India and the US have decided to ''deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership” to fight COVID-19' that has infected over a million persons globally and killed more than 60,000.
Modi said this after ''an extensive conversation with President Trump''.
In a tweet, PM Modi wrote, "Had an extensive telephone conversation with President @realDonaldTrump. We had a good discussion, and agreed to deploy the full strength of the India-US partnership to fight COVID-19."
In India, which is into its 11th day of the 21-day lockdown, the pandemic positive cases stand at over 3,000 with the dead count at 75 while the US is undergoing a far severe coronavirus attack with the positive cases breaching the 2.75 lakh mark and the death toll standing at nearly 7,500.
In terms of positive cases, the US has the most in the world while fatalities-wise it has surpassed China, the origin of coronavirus and is behind Spain and Italy.