Today, I am serving my third term in the United States Congress. Nations such as India can help inoculate their own populations and then join the global effort to vaccinate other nations most in need. So far, the U.S. has allocated just 7.5 million vaccine doses to India through our donation programme. As we celebrate India’s Independence Day amid this pandemic, we must continue to reaffirm the importance of the U.S.-India alliance which will help the entire world declare its independence from the coronavirus. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Schaumburg, represents the 8th Congressional District of Illinois

Source: The Hindu August 14, 2021 21:00 UTC