WASHINGTON â Officials say the U.S. is trying to help India deal with its coronavirus surge, which is straining that countryâs health care system amid a record number of infections.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Biden administrationâs top medical adviser on the pandemic, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with its counterpart agency in India to provide technical support and assistance.
India set another global record of daily infections for a second straight day with 332,730 cases. Hospitals officials are using social media, pleading with the Indian government to replenish their oxygen supplies.
âIt is a dire situation that weâre trying to help in any way we can,â Fauci said at the White House coronavirus briefing. âThey have a situation there where there are variants that have arisen. We have not yet fully characterized the variants and the relationship between the ability of the vaccines to protect. But weâre assuming, clearly, that they need vaccines.â