Federal government is ready to provide $10 million to the Indian Red Cross

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau spoke with his counterpart in India earlier today about how Canada could best help the country struggling with a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is ready to provide $10 million to the Indian Red Cross, through the Canadian Red Cross.

He says this money would support everything from procuring more personal protective equipment locally to ambulance services.

Trudeau says government in close contact with US about procuring more doses

Canada is counting on a US promise to share surplus COVID-19vaccines.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is in close contact with the U-S about procuring more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

The US has promised to share 60-million doses with other countries, but it's unknown how many of those will end up in Canada.

The White House says it will share some of the stockpile with hard-hit India once the doses are cleared for export.