Help for India can’t come fast enough

[Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( For proof that Covid-19 is still a global threat, just [look to India](. While infections in the U.S. have finally slowed, the number of [daily cases in India]( has crossed the 400,000 mark; oxygen shortages have made a desperate situation even worse for the country’s overwhelmed health-care system. U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to [send vaccines to India](, but he didn’t provide a timeline — and the clock is ticking. How soon the crisis comes to an end will depend at least in part on when the world decides to answer. [India’s State Is Failing Its Covid Test]( — Mihir Sharma [Biden Needs to Come to India’s Aid Now]( — Shruti Rajagopalan [Modi Owns India’s Unfolding Covid Disaster]( — Pankaj Mishra [India’s New Vaccine Strategy Is Bad Economics]( — Andy Mukherjee [Why the Profit Motive Can’t Defeat the Pandemic in India]( — Anjani Trivedi [Medical Oxygen Is Key to Covid Fight. It Used to Be Feared.]( — Stephen Mihm This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a digest of our top commentary published every Sunday. Paid Post The power of PayPal online, now in person. Give your small business an easy way to accept touch-free, in-person payments. Create a unique QR code with the PayPal app and display it on your device or as a printout in store. [Download the app.]( Customer must have PayPal account and app to pay. PayPal  Like Bloomberg Opinion Today? [Subscribe to Bloomberg All Access and get much, much more](. You’ll receive our unmatched global news coverage and two in-depth daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](.  You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022