$100 million in U.S. coronavirus aid goes to India as cases, deaths break records
The U.S. government will deliver more than $100 million worth of supplies for overstretched hospitals and front-line health-care workers in India.
By Erin Cunningham and Antonia Noori FarzanWashington Post
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People wait in queues outside the office of the Chemists Association to demand necessary supply of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir, in Pune, India on April 8. As India faces a devastating surge of new coronavirus infections overwhelming the health care system, people are turning to desperate measures to keep loved ones alive. AP Photo, File
U.S. flights carrying urgent coronavirus aid for India were en route Thursday, the White House said in a statement, as health officials reported another record number of new cases across the country.
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. U.S. flights carrying urgent coronavirus aid for India were en route Thursday, the White House said in a statement, as health officials reported another record number of new cases across the country. The U.S. government will deliver more than $100 million worth of supplies for overstretched hospitals and front-line health-care workers in India, the White House said late Wednesday, including oxygen support, personal protective equipment, therapeutics and rapid diagnostic tests. India s Health Ministry on Thursday reported 379,257 new infections a new global record and 3,645 deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to more than 18 million. The official death toll reached more than 204,000, a figure experts say is a vast undercount of virus-related deaths.
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