Pledging that the Biden administration is determined to help India in its hour of need due to surging COVID-19 infections and deaths, Vice President Kamala Harris has said that India's welfare is critically important to the United States.
Describing the surge of COVID-19 infections and deaths in India as "nothing short of heartbreaking, she said that the entire Biden administration has been galvanized to help the country in its fight against the pandemic.
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 4,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.