NEW YORK, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — While the U.S and the rest of the Western world is slowly recovering from the worst phases of the pandemic, India is going through its worst wave yet. In 24 hours, the country reported more than 368,000 news cases, bringing the total number of cases to more than 19 million, while the total number of deaths is more than 219,000, according to ABC. However, private businesses have been responding to the crisis. Dr. Albert Bourla, the Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, announced on Sunday that the company would donate medicines valued at about more than USD 70 Million to the country. “Right now, Pfizer colleagues at distribution centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia are hard at work rushing shipments of Pfizer medicines that the Government of India has identified as part of its COVID treatment protocol,” Bourla said in a letter posted to LinkedIn. “We are donating these medicines to help make sure that every COVID19 patient in every public hospital across the country can have access to the Pfizer medicines they need free of charge.” Todos Medical Ltd. (OTC: TOMDF), Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATOS), Agenus Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN), VBI Vaccines Inc. (NASDAQ: VBIV), AIkido Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: AIKI)
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