Washington: The United States has actually up until now offered over USD 500 million in COVID-19 help to India, the White Home stated on Wednesday, including it would quickly make a decision on distribution of the 80 million vaccines to other countries.

To date, the United States has actually supplied over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, consisting of contributions from the United States federal and state federal governments, American business and organizations and civilians, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki informed members of the White House Foreign Press Group in a virtual press conference call.

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have been affected by COVID-19 pandemic.

We've sent out 7 air shipments, including health products, oxygen, oxygen products, and 95 masks, fast diagnostic tests and medicine .

In regards to the 80 million doses (of COVID-19 vaccines), we know there's a great deal of interest in this not surprisingly 60 countless AstraZeneca and 20 million of three other approved vaccines.

Now, it is working through an interagency procedure, Psaki stated in response to a question.

The interagency group consisting of National Security Consultant Jake Sullivan and those from the State Department are talking about to identify how the United States is going to distribute and share these vaccine doses.

Certainly, the predicament of everything individuals of India had been through is undoubtedly on our minds ...

but there are also a series of nations and areas around the globe that have been deeply impacted that are also in need.

So, these are all elements.

Hopefully we'll have more on this in the coming days, Psaki said.