Australia Looks to Aid Virus Stricken India

Australia Looks to Aid Virus Stricken India
A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, under a tent installed along the roadside amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad on April 26, 2021. Sajjad Hussain/Getty Images
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Australia is considering sending medical aid, including ventilators and oxygen supplies, to India as the country grapples with the record-breaking surge in COVID-19 cases.

For the fifth day in a row, India has set a global record for daily new cases with 352,991 new cases and 2,812 deaths in the past 24 hours. The total infected cases in the country have also surpassed 17 million, and at present, 195,123 people have lost their lives.