Apr 27 COVID-19 is out of control in India, where most vaccines are made. How did that happen? By Laura Santhanam Public health experts have demanded that the global community, particularly the United States, step up to address the India’s vaccine shortfalls. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 4:23 News Wrap: DOJ announces probe into Louisville police, citing Breonna Taylor case In our news wrap Monday, a year after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor during a raid of her home, the U.S. Justice Department is launching a full-scale review of police tactics in Louisville, Kentucky. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch 9:54 COVID crisis: Why India's health system is on the 'brink of collapsing' India continues to break daily COVID-19 infection records, reporting more than 350,000 new cases and more than 2,800 deaths. While the Biden administration pledged to share vaccines with India and other countries, they will not arrive in India for some… Continue watching
Apr 25 Fauci says US considering virus aid to India By Associated Press The outbreak in India adds to the pressure on President Joe Biden to provide vaccines to other countries. Biden has said the U.S. won’t begin doing so until it has enough supplies at home. Continue reading
Apr 25 Virus 'swallowing' people in India; crematoriums overwhelmed By Sheikh Saaliq, Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press The stories are told on social media and in television footage, showing desperate relatives pleading for oxygen outside hospitals or weeping in the street for loved ones who died waiting for treatment. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 4:21 Overcrowded hospitals, oxygen shortage: India's COVID-19 tally breaks records By PBS NewsHour India’s health system is collapsing amid a tsunami of COVID-19 cases—the highest in the world. As patients struggle to find hospital beds, doctors are sounding the alarm on dwindling medical supplies, including oxygen, on Twitter. Meanwhile, the Modi govt., which… Continue watching
Apr 24 India sets another daily record of 346,000 cases By Associated Press Hospitals in New Delhi and some of the worst-hit states have reported critical shortages of beds and oxygen supplies on Saturday. Families are waiting for days to cremate their loved ones at overburdened crematoriums, with many turning to makeshift facilities… Continue reading
Apr 23 Indian hospitals plead for oxygen, country sets virus record By Neha Mehrotra, Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India's underfunded health system is tattering as the world’s worst coronavirus surge wears out the nation, which set a global record in daily infections for a second straight day with 332,730. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 7:19 Modi punts responsibility to states as India records highest global single day infections By Amna Nawaz, Harry Zahn This week, India set grim and global new high records Thursday with 315,000 cases in just 24 hours and another 2,100 deaths — the highest one day number of new COVID-19 infections of any nation since the pandemic began. The… Continue watching
Apr 22 India adds 314,000 virus cases, a global record By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India reported a global high of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world's second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system. Continue reading