Until recently, it was believed that India was doing a superb job handling the COVID crisis, helping neighbors like Bhutan achieve a 93% vaccination rate and even exporting over 60 million COVID vaccines to the neighboring countries in South East Asia. In any case the WHO attributes the current crisis in India to a perfect storm of mass gatherings, low vaccination rates and more contagious variants including the B.1.6.1.7 variant . Many countries have pledged assistance to India in this unprecedented time of need. US President Biden has posted on Twitter: “Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, we are determined to help India in its time of need,” CNN reports that the Biden administration will deploy additional suppliesand support to India as country faces Covid-19 outbreak https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/politics/covid-supplies-to-india-from-united-states/index.html E.
