World Bank approves $1 billion emergency fund for India
This is the largest ever health sector support from the multilateral lending institution to India, The fund will address the needs of infected people, at-risk populations, medical and emergency personnel, service providers
The government estimate relies on a global statistic - 6 to 8 percent of the population has rare diseases - the population of 1.3 billion A sudden lockdown like this may have left many without stocks of their hard-to-source medication.