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India s second wave of Covid-19 infections has seen at least 300,000 people a day test positive for the past week, overwhelming healthcare facilities and crematoriums and driving an increasingly urgent international response.
In the past 24 hours, 360,960 new cases were recorded, the largest single-day total in the world, taking India s total to nearly 18 million. A further 3293 deaths, the deadliest day so far, took the death toll to 201,187.
Experts believe the official tally vastly underestimates the actual toll in the country of 1.3 billion.
New Zealand will contribute $1 million to the Red Cross to help.
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said a financial contribution was the most practical way New Zealand could assist India right now.
The US president has it within his power to guarantee equitable access to the Covid-19 vaccines globally. With cases surging in India, he shouldn’t wait.
Russian plane with medicine, medical equipment onboard lands in India
Spokesperson for the Russian Embassy in India Dmitry Solodov told reporters, that the second plane is expected to arrive shortly
NEW DELHI, April 28. /TASS/. A Russian il-76 plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry with medical equipment allocated to help India in the fight against COVID-19 onboard landed in New Delhi on Wednesday, spokesperson for the Russian Embassy in India Dmitry Solodov told reporters, noting that the second plane is expected to arrive shortly. The plane has landed. There will be another plane. We are expecting it in a few hours’ time, he said.