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How The Dueling Narratives Of India's COVID-19 Crisis Are Playing Out On Social Media

Published April 30, 2021 at 12:20 PM CDT

The first batch of masks, oxygen cylinders and test kits from the U.S. arrived Friday in India as the country hit another daily record in cases of COVID-19. Anger is growing over how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been handling the crisis.

Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with Femi Oke, host of “The Stream” on Al Jazeera English, about how the crisis is being framed on social media.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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