Biden urged to send 30 mn US vaccines to India

April 26, 2021 23:46

An Indian-American political advocacy group on Monday urged the Biden administration to send 30 million of its stockpiled COVID-19 vaccines to India as the country is battling a health crisis due to the deadly coronavirus.

In a statement, IMPACT asked the White House to send at least half of the US' stockpile of approximately 60 million surplus vaccines to India -- where half of the world's new COVID-19 infections are currently happening.

"This is not just a crisis for India, it's a global crisis and India has become the epicenter. A global crisis requires a global response," said Neil Makhija, executive director of IMPACT.

"If the US does not act quickly, new COVID-19 variants will continue to spill over into countries across the globe and into our backyard. As the US has done in the past, it must lead in this time of crisis and send immediate relief to India," he said.

Makhija commended the Biden-Harris administration for providing critical medical supplies and lifting the embargo on vaccine raw materials necessary for India to produce the Covishield vaccine.

-- PTI

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