Sri Lanka and the World Bank have signed an 80.5-million-U.S. dollar additional financing to help Sri Lanka access and distribute COVID-19 vaccines and to strengthen the country's vaccination system
India crossed a grim milestone on Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike.
India recorded more than 320,000 new cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday as a grim surge of illness and death weighed on the country and its sinking health system started getting much-needed support from foreign nations.
The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis.