India s ruling party leader on Covid crisis: Responsibility is ours 04:14 (CNN)The Biden administration has been consulting nonstop with the Indian government on their priorities as the country grapples with a catastrophic coronavirus surge that has left its healthcare system on the brink of collapse, according to a top US Agency for International Development official.
Jeremy Konyndyk, the senior advisor coordinating agency-wide Covid-19 efforts at USAID, told CNN Thursday that the shipment of supplies on its way to India has been developed really closely in coordination with them.
Those shipments the first by the Biden administration left Travis Air Force Base in California aboard a US Air Force aircraft on Wednesday and are expected to arrive in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Friday morning local time. A third shipment will leave Travis Air Force Base on Friday with PPE, oxygen, test kits, masks.
Biden, Abbas and world leaders commiserate as Israel suffers worst civilian tragedy
U.S. president calls Netanyahu to offer American assistance, Palestinian leader pens letter to Rivlin as country reels from stampede that killed at least 45 people at Lag BaOmer celebration; UK, UAE, Russian and Indian leaders also express condolences
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Published: 04.30.21 , 20:17
World leaders offered their condolences to the State of Israel on Friday after at least 45 people were killed in a stampede at Lag BaOmer celebration overnight, the country s worst-ever civilian tragedy.
U.S. President Joe Biden said he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to offer his condolences.
US to restrict travel from India starting May 4 over COVID-19 surge
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New Delhi residents report hours-long lines for oxygen
Residents of Delhi, India, lined up to get oxygen tanks refilled on April 30, as cases of COVID-19 soared across the country.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. will restrict travel from India starting on May 4, the White House said Friday, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden s administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the country battles a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases.