US Will Consider Sending AstraZeneca Vaccine To Covid-Hit India: Top Expert

Countries including Britain and Germany have pledged help as India's coronavirus crisis grows, driving increases in global case numbers in recent days

The United States will consider sending surplus AstraZeneca vaccines to India, as backlash over its stockpile grows and the South Asian giant reels from a Covid-19 surge, top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday. Western nations including Britain and Germany have pledged help as India's coronavirus crisis grows, driving increases in global case numbers in recent days even as the number of vaccines administered globally surpasses the one billion mark. Worst-hit in the country of 1.3 billion people was Delhi, with reports of overwhelmed hospitals, severe oxygen and medicine shortages and patients' families pleading for help on social media. "We really need to do more. I don't think you can walk away from that," Fauci told ABC's "This Week" news program.