Biden Sends $100 Million of Medical Aid to India Published April 29th, 2021 - 10:44 GMT
A relative a Covid-19 coronavirus victim grieves outside a hospital in Allahabad on April 29, 2021. SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP
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White House announces aid shipment worth more than $100million to India.
The United States is sending supplies worth more than $100million to India to help it fight a record-breaking surge of COVID-19 cases, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
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The supplies, which will begin arriving on Thursday and continue into next week, include 1,000 oxygen cylinders, 15 million N95 masks and 1 million rapid diagnostic tests, the statement said.
White House announces aid shipment worth more than $100million to India
US to send 1,000 oxygen cylinders, 15 million N95 masks to the subcontinent
Shipments, which start arriving on Thursday, will include 1 million rapid tests
Some 20 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses have been redirected to India
On Wednesday, overall pandemic death toll in India surpassed 200,000 people
A record 3,300 people died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, authorities announced
By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI -
India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse.
The health ministry reported a single-day record 3,293 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total fatalities to 201,187, as the world’s second most populous country endures its darkest chapter of the pandemic yet.
The country also reported 362,757 new infections, a new global record, which raised the overall total past 17.9 million. The previous high of 350,000 on Monday had capped a five-day streak of recording the largest single-day increases in any country throughout the pandemic.
NEW DELHI: India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse.
The health ministry reported a single-day record 3,293 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total fatalities to 201,187, as the world’s second most populous country endures its darkest chapter of the pandemic yet.
The country also reported 362,757 new infections, a new global record, which raised the overall total past 17.9 million. The previous high of 350,000 on Monday had capped a five-day streak of recording the largest single-day increases in any country throughout the pandemic.
India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse.