Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has urged President Joe Biden to set aside for India a portion from 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, which the lawmaker said is now the epicenter of the pandemic. In a letter to Biden, Schumer said India helped the US in the hour of need earlier by sending much needed protective personnel equipment. Now, it is time for us to give back and help the people of India, he said in the letter dated June 1. On May 17, your administration announced that it would send 80 million doses of the vaccine to assist foreign nations. The United States, through other COVID-19 vaccine products, has more than enough vaccines to protect our own population and can afford to send AstraZeneca and other vaccine doses abroad, he said.
As such, I urge you to send a robust allotment of COVID-19 vaccine doses to India to help bring a swift end to this global crisis, Schumer wrote. I ask that you set aside a portion from the 80 million doses the United States has said it…
