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covid-19 crisis in india

rev jesse jackson Sr assures assistance to Tamil Nadu

Rev Jackson also urged President Joe Biden to allocate at least 60 million doses to India

Our Bureau who is also a member of the
New York House Select Subcommittee on
the Coronavirus Crisis, assured
merican civil rights ac- help to India.
tivist Rev Jesse Jackson “Help is on the way. And we
ASr spoke to Tamil Nadu are going to do everything we
Finance Minister Palanivel Thia- can. I’m a member of the spe-
ga Rajan (PTR) in a Zoom call cial select committee on COVID
on May 21 and assured that in Congress. And so, this is an
COVID-19 assistance is on its area that I deeply care about.
way, amid state’s fight against And so I’m going to be pushing
the COVID-19 pandemic. very hard. Those who are ill I’m
According to a press release, thinking about you. We are all
PTR made a plea to Jackson praying for you. My own family
Sr to request US President Joe was touched. Now we are going
Biden to expeditiously release to try and we’re going to try to
an allotment of Astra Zene- help you in a fundamental way,”
ca vaccines for India from the he told ANI.
80 million vaccines that the US The news conference held
has offered to donate overseas. in Washington earlier today also
PTR conveyed the gratitude of witnessed some of the promi-
the people of Tamil Nadu and nent names within the Indian
of Chief Minister MK Stalin to American community. Dr Vi-
Jackson for their efforts to as- jay Prabhakar, national chair-
sist India, including the State of COVID-19 infections and 4,194 or ideology,” he further stated. man, American Association of
Tamil Nadu, during this pandem- deaths were reported in the Alarmed at the 222,000 con- Multi-Ethnic Physicians, USA,
ic. The minister also stressed that country in the last 24 hours, the firmed deaths in India and a sec- thanked President Biden for
Covid-19 vaccines are immedi- Union Health Ministry informed ond wave of the virus sweeping his international vaccination
ately needed for the 80 million on Saturday. The cumulative rural India, Rev. Jackson assert- pledge by providing 80 million
population of Tamil Nadu as the caseload in India now stands at ed the dire situation and there COVID-19 vaccines, but he also
state has till Saturday recorded 2,62,89,290. was an immediate need for vac- urged Biden to give at least 60
over 18 lakh cases. Rev Jesse Jackson Sr on cines in India.” India needs res- million of those to India alone.
Jesse Jackson also conveyed Wednesday urged President Joe pirators and oxygen now. The Dr Prabhakar says that the
a personal message to Tamil Biden to allocate at least 60 mil- nation has already surpassed community is collectively push-
Nadu CM: “Chief Minister Sta- lion vaccine doses to India out of 100,000,000 vaccine doses. How- ing the Biden administration to
lin, You are the man! Help is the 80 million announced earli- ever, as this outbreak spreads, it invoke the Federal International
coming. Chief Minister Stalin, er by the US President. Jackson is imperative for President Biden Emergency Production Act which
Help is on the way. Dawn of the was joined by Congressman Raja and the United States to step up would enable the manufacturers
morning is coming. We will win Krishnamoorthi making a moral even more to prevent the contin- of the vaccine in the USA to in-
this battle! We will win this bat- appeal and the duo assured that ued loss of life,” Jackson said in crease their production capacity
tle! We will conquer this disease, help is on its way. his concluding remarks. and roll out the vaccines before
Keep hope alive! Thank God, With India having the second Indian American Congress- May 31. “We need to protect In-
Bless you guys.” highest population in the world, man, Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Il- dia first. Only then can Ameri-
On Wednesday, Jesse Jack- Rev. Jackson fears the variant in linois, who had earlier called on ca and the rest of the world be
son Sr had urged President Joe India could spread to the rest of President Joe Biden to release protected,” Dr Prabhakar said.
Biden to allocate at least 60 mil- the world. “Not only are they (In- millions of AstraZeneca vaccine Also thanking President Biden
lion vaccine doses to India out of dia) our neighbor in democracy doses to hardest-hit countries for coming to the aid of India was
the 80 million announced earli- and ally, the disease is airborne. like India, once again reached Dr Bharat Barai, chairman, U.S.
er by the US President. Jackson We help ourselves and the world out to the White House to roll India Friendship Council, Mun-
was also joined by Congressman when we help to ameliorate the out vaccines for the people of In- ster, Indiana, who urged the Pres-
Raja Krishnamoorthi making virus,” Jackson said at the new dia and impacted communities ident to facilitate the supply of
a moral appeal and the duo as- conference. “COVID-19 knows around the world. the “much needed antiviral med-
sured that help is on its way. no national boundaries. It does Rep. Krishnamoorthi, a ications of Remdesivir and To-
A total of 2,57,299 fresh not discriminate by race, religion strong Indian American voice, cilizumab to India immediately.”

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