The announcement, an abrupt shift for the administration, came after Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, held a call earlier in the day with Ajit Doval, his counterpart in India, and as India reports higher case numbers each day
A relative waits with a COVID-19 patient inside an ambulance outside a hospital in Delhi, India, April 24, 2021. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)
In India, COVID-19 deaths have soared in recent weeks, but experts fear reported deaths may greatly underestimate the actual toll.
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