US flights with Covid-19 aid to India delayed until Wednesday

The United States Department of Defense has said that the final two flights of Covid-19 aid to India have been delayed. The US Department of Defense went on to add that the two flights will now reach at least until Wednesday. Informing about the reason for delay, the US Transport Command on Monday said that the delay is due to the maintenance issue.

This comes as India registered a slight dip in COVID-19 cases as it registered 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections and 3,417 related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Monday morning.