RELATED: US to share millions of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses with world after federal safety reviewAlso on Monday, the head of the World Health Organization called the surge in COVID-19 cases in India "beyond heartbreaking" and says the U.N.
agency has sent critical supplies to the country, including thousands of portable oxygen machines.AdvertisementAt a press briefing, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pandemic "continues to intensify" globally and that coronavirus infections have now risen for the ninth straight week, while deaths have increased for the sixth week in a row."There were as many cases globally last week as in the first five months of the pandemic," he said.RELATED: N95 masks don't have to be.