Feverish outbreak in India, Germany to provide emergency aid, Indian variant of virus found in Greece

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that her government is preparing to provide emergency assistance to India. India is struggling to cope with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak pandemic.

There are no details yet of the assistance Germany will provide. But Der Spiegel 24, citing unidentified sources, said German troops have received a request to help arrange oxygen supplies.

Greece said today that it has discovered the variant of the virus that has caused a spike in confirmed cases in India, making it the latest European country to find it.