Coronavirus situation in India tragic, have committed support to them: Kamala Harris
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Last Updated: May 01, 2021, 02:14 PM IST
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Vice-President Kamala Harris has described the coronavirus situation in India as tragic and said the US has made a commitment to support the country in battling the challenge.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has described the coronavirus situation in India as tragic and said the US has made a commitment to support the country in battling the challenge. There is no question that it is a great tragedy, in terms of the loss of life, and as I have said before, and I will say again, we as a country have made a commitment to the people of India to support them, Harris told reporters on Friday in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dozens of people who got the COVID vaccine from Johnson & Johnson in early April, at five mass-vaccination sites in five states, reported fainting, breaking out into a sweat,.
WASHINGTON: The United States will be delivering Covid-19 relief materials worth over $100 million to India in the coming days, the White House said as the first flight carrying urgent health supplies left for the country.
The flight took off from the Travis Air Force Base on the world s largest military aircraft on Wednesday night, the US Agency for International Development said.
The shipment includes 440 oxygen cylinders and regulators, generously donated by the state of California, USAID said.
In addition, on this first flight, USAID is sending 960,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests to identify infections early to help prevent the community spread of Covid-19, and 100,000 N95 masks to protect India s frontline healthcare heroes, it added.
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A breakdown of the tax adjustment from the officially named American Families Plan are as follows:
Raise the top income-tax rate to 39.6 percent from 37 percent
Raise the capital gains and dividends tax to 39.6 percent from 20 percent for households making more than $1 million
Raise the payroll and investment taxes each by 3.8 percent the top rates on wages and the death tax would reach 43.4 percent from 23.8 percent
Use the previous 3.8 percent increase to expand over other types of income currently uncovered like active income from S corporations making over $400,000
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