India’s Covid Calamity Draws in Global Players
A notice on a gate indicates there is no oxygen at the Covid-19 Care Center set up at the Commonwealth Games Village Sports Complex in New Delhi on April 25
Photographer: T. Narayan/BloombergAs India battles a Covid-19 firestorm, the U.S. and European nations are coming to its aid with pledges of medical equipment and raw materials for more vaccines.
But it’s taken time to mobilize that support and it could yet cost the U.S. in particular some goodwill with the Indian public — a potential lost opportunity for President Joe Biden to gain geopolitical kudos.