Donald Trump India outreach broadens; US President makes big Coronavirus vaccine statement

As the whole world is racing against time to find Coronavirus vaccine to stop the spread of coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump has made a big announcement. He announced from his official Twitter handle that the US will be working together with India to develop Coronavirus vaccine. He indicated that the US will also help India by donating ventilators.

Elaborating on the US plans to defeat Coronavirus, Donald Trump tweeted, "I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and @narendramodi during this pandemic. We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy!"

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Unveiling 'Operation Warp Speed' to ready a Coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, Trump said on Friday that "many of the great scientists, researchers" from the US Indian community were working on the project. 

India, on its part, had lifted a ban on the export of hydroxychloroquine to the US at the personal request of Trump and sent 3.5 million tablets and nine tonnes of ingredients to manufacture it last month.

See Donald Trump tweet below:

I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and @narendramodi during this pandemic. We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 15, 2020

Trump made a pledge to make the vaccine available to the rest of the world at an affordable cost.

"The last thing anybody is looking for is profit," he said. "People are looking to come up with the answer."