India currently has over a million positive COVID-19 cases (representation)
New Delhi:
In an effort to jointly combat the novel coronavirus, Israel announced on Thursday that it would send a research team to India on a special flight that has worked with the Indian side to develop a rapid test kit for COVID-19 that can give a result in 30 seconds.
In the coming weeks, the Israeli Foreign, Defense and Health Ministries will conduct an unprecedented anti-COVID-19 cooperation operation between India and Israel, according to a statement from the Israeli Embassy.
A special scheduled flight from Tel Aviv to New Delhi is about to carry a high-ranking Israeli Defense Ministry research and development team working with Indian Chief Scientist K VijayRaghavan and the Research and Development Organization. development for defense to develop rapid tests for COVID-19 in under 30 seconds, he says.
The merging of Israeli technology with Indian development and production capabilities is aimed at enabling a rapid resumption of normal life alongside the virus, the Israeli embassy said.
The flight will also bring groundbreaking emerging Israeli technologies to fight COVID-19, which have been donated by Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the private sector to bolster India’s response to the outbreak.
“Finally, the aircraft will deliver mechanical ventilators which have received special permission from the Israeli government for export to India,” the statement said.
The past few years have consolidated strategic relations between India and Israel and have included two historic visits by prime ministers to Israel and India, the embassy said.
Since the outbreak of the global pandemic, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have held three telephone conversations in which they pledged mutual assistance in combating the virus and pledged to conduct technological and scientific research between countries, the statement said.
Noting that India is currently facing more than a million positive COVID-19 cases, the Israeli side said India is seeking to integrate advanced technologies into its hospitals as they prepare to treat massive waves of COVID-19 patients across India.
Israeli companies chosen by the three ministries to be sent to India potentially have unique access to one of the world‘s largest economies to provide monitoring and treatment technology while dramatically reducing contact between patients and medical staff. , indicates the press release.
By opening the door to the Indian market with its development and production capabilities, these Israeli technologies can be mass-produced at lower cost and could in the future be jointly exported to third countries, he said.
During the COVID-19 outbreak in Israel, India gave Israel special permission to acquire drugs, masks and protective gear, the embassy noted.
“Today Israel is proud to reciprocate this important gesture and grant permission to buy respirators for its great friend in the east,” he said.
The unique cooperation between India and Israel has enabled the two countries to better cope with the COVID-19 threat and could potentially change the way “we live beside the virus,” the embassy said.
Israel’s Ambassador to India Ron Malka said: “I am proud to lead this Israeli delegation to India. This is sometimes how our friendship is tested, and the State of Israel is happy to lend a hand to India in this difficult time. “
“I am convinced that India and Israel can work together to find innovative and inexpensive solutions to help the world overcome this crisis.” he said.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global challenge, so it is only right that the solution is global scientific cooperation between countries, Malka said.
Military R&D cooperation between India and Israel is well known for its success, he added.
“I have no doubts that the same will happen in the private sector, joined by brilliant scientific minds from both countries to introduce a breakthrough in fast and simple testing procedures.” Malka said.
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