US lawmakers urge Joe Biden for more action to help India

Several US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to ensure that India receives enough Covid19 vaccines and medical aid saying the health crisis in the country is ldquodevastatingrdquo and America has a responsibility to help its close allies defeat the pandemicThe American lawmakers called on the US government to send more vaccines and medical assistance to India after President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that the US will allocate 75 per cent nearly 19 crore of the first tranche of 25 crore doses of unused Covid19 vaccines from its stockpile to countries in South and Southeast Asia as well as Africa by the end of JuneBiden said the US will share the vaccine to many countries to fight the pandemic through the UNbacked COVAX global vaccine sharing programme as part of his administrationrsquos framework for sharing 80 million 8 crore vaccines globallyldquoThe crisis in India is devastating and demands more action from President Joe Biden More Covid19 vaccines and medical supplies are needed to help one of our most important global allies fight this virusrdquo Texas Governor Greg Abbott saidIn a tweet the Republican governor urged US citizens to join him in praying for India Republican Senator Ted Cruz said that almost 300 million doses of Covid19 vaccines have been administered in the USldquoIndia is a critical friend of the US Bidenrsquos vaccine sharing programme is flawed We should prioritise our allies such as India and make sure it receives the Covid19 vaccines they desperately needrdquo he saidSenator Roger Wicker from the Senate Armed Services Committee said that it is important for the US to continue helping other nations beat the coronavirus ldquoSending excess vaccines to close allies like India doesnrsquot just make sense it is the right thing to dordquo he saidlsquoG7 must help vaccinate worldrsquos poorestrsquoOver 200 world leaders including former presidents prime ministers and ministers have backed a campaign urging the G7 rich nations to help vaccinate the worldrsquos poorest against Covid19 by paying twothirds of an estimated 66 bn required A letter seen by the Guardian newspaper ahead of the G7 summit warns the G7 leaders to make 2021 lsquoa turning point in global cooperationrsquo because fewer than 2 37 people in subSaharan Africa are vaccinatedAlso Read Covid19 Mumbai witnesses chaos on Day 1 of unlockChina dismisses Trumprsquos demandChina on Monday rejected former US president Donald Trumprsquos demand to pay 10 trillion as reparations to America and the world for the death and destruction caused by Covid19 saying the accountability lies with politicians who ignored peoplersquos lives and health Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told media in Beijing that during Trumprsquos tenure there were more than 24 million 24 crore Covid19 cases and the death toll exceeded more than 410 000 ldquoTrump repeatedly ignored facts and tried to shirk his responsibilities of failing to respond to the epidemic and tried to divert peoplersquos attentionrdquo Wang said ldquoWe believe the American people have a fair judgement as to who should be held accountable It is those hypocritical politicians who ignored peoplersquos lives and health should be held accountablerdquo he said386217No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours172630637Total no of cases worldwide3718683Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever