PM Modi, Donald Trump discuss India-US partnership to fight Covid-19 crisis
PM Modi said India and the US have agreed to deploy the full strength of their partnership to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he had an extensive discussion on the Covid-19 crisis with US President Donald Trump over the phone.
Mentioning that it was "a good discussion", PM Modi said India and the US have agreed to deploy the full strength of their partnership to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
"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," PM Modi said in the tweet.
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.Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 4, 2020
India has recorded 75 deaths due to Covid-19 so far, while the total number of cases has climbed to 3,072, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday evening.
The US has so far confirmed 278,458 cases of Covid-19 and more than 7,100 deaths. New York state remains the worst hit area, with nearly 3,000 deaths.
The deadly coronavirus has so far infected over 1,131,000 people and claimed the lives of over 59,800 people across the world, according to latest figures from the Johns Hopkins University.