Covid live: Italy announces €222bn package; Modi says ‘storm’ has shaken India

Italy's package to help business and those hit the hardest by unemployment; US and UK lead efforts to help India's crisis

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9.00pm BST

The US is determined to repay India for the help it sent early in the pandemic, President Joe Biden tweeted Sunday night.

Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, we are determined to help India in its time of need. https://t.co/SzWRj0eP3y

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The Italian government has announced a 222 billion (193 billion) package to boost business and help young people and women who have been hit the hardest by unemployment during the pandemic

Mostly financed by the EU's coronavirus recovery fund, the five-year plan will also include investment into the internet network, infrastructure, education and a green revolution".