China has said it is ready to help India in the latter's fight against Covid-19 pandemic.

In a statement on Friday, Chinese foreign ministry said it was willing to talk to India about what it needed to fight against the massive surge in Covid-19 positive cases.

A day earlier to this, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin had said Beijing was aware that the epidemic in India had become severe. He had also added that India was in a temporary shortage of necessary materials for epidemic prevention.

India witnessed  the highest single-day tally recorded anywhere in the world since the pandemic started last year.

In the preceding 24 hours on Thursday, India reported 314,835 new Covid-19 positive cases. In the same time period, the death toll in the country rose up to  2,104.

China's such statement has come when the spike in Covid-19 cases has put medical infrastructure under severe strain in India. Because of the overwhelmingly high number of new cases, hospitals in parts of India are also running out of essential medical supplies including oxygen.

In the situation when India-China relationship had plunged into its worst in decades following military friction along the disputed border in eastern Ladakh, one of the closest Indian neighbours has shown a praiseworthy support and solidarity to the people of India.

India had also helped Beijing with medical supplies during the time when the Covid-19 outbreak was at its most severe in China last year.

Just after the outbreak of the pandemic in February, 2020, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi had written to the Chinese president Xi Jinping extending India’s assistance to fight the virus outbreak.

Analysts of international relations say the latest Chinese step has illustrated 'A neighbour in need is a neighbour indeed'.