India’s virus deaths surge again; global aid flown inDESPERATE SEARCH: ’We rushed to multiple hospitals, but were denied admission everywhere,’ said the son of an 84-year-old woman, who ended up dying at homeAFP, KOLKATA, IndiaIndia’s COVID-19 disaster yesterday deepened with its daily death toll surpassing 3,600, as more international aid was flown in, with the US sending nearly 1 million test kits. Among the most devastating of those waves is in India, where the death and infection rates have been rising exponentially throughout this month. A woman breathes with the help of oxygen provided at a gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, beside a road in Ghaziabad, India, yesterday. Photo: AFPYesterday, India reported 3,645 deaths for the previous 24 hours, while confirmed new cases of COVID-19 were a global record at more than 379,000. A first US military flight, carrying 960,000 rapid tests and 100,000 masks for frontline health workers, was to arrive yesterday.

Source: Taipei Times April 29, 2021 15:56 UTC