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US ‘very closely’ tracking course of COVID-19 outbreak in India
United States is “very closely” tracking the course of the COVID-19 outbreak in India, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price has said.
“There are protocols in place, requiring testing for international travel. What is true is that we are tracking the course of the COVID outbreak in India very closely as I mentioned before, Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Jaishankar did discuss it yesterday.” – Ned Price
Price further said that Secretary Blinken says that as long as the virus is out of control and is uncontained anywhere around the world, it continues to present a risk to Americans.
The COVID-19 situation in India has been deteriorating amid the second wave of coronavirus infections.