New Zealand Envoy Joins Indians Clamoring for Oxygen on Twitter

The New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi turned to Twitter on Sunday to request oxygen cylinders amid a deadly outbreak of coronavirus in the national capital where hospitals have run out of crucial medical supplies.

The high commission initially tagged the youth wing of India’s main opposition Congress party for help, but the Tweet was deleted after it generated a social media storm over whether it was intended to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government look bad.

Calls made to the New Zealand High Commission outside office hours weren’t answered immediately.

Hours earlier, the Congress party’s youth wing ...