'Very Anxious': Vermonters With Family In India Watch That Country's COVID Wave




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Summary: The COVID-19 situation in the U.S. seems to be trending in the right direction, but in India, the pandemic has quickly become catastrophic in the last few weeks. The country has broken world records for daily virus case counts multiple times, with new infections numbering around 350,000 per day. The health system is dangerously strained, and this week the Biden administration pledged to supply medical aid to the country. Here in Vermont, those with family in India are checking in with relatives,