US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has presented to his legislature a proposal to allocate a stockpile of 40 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to countries most in need of inoculants. “Dear Congressman, we appreciate your initiative. I contacted your office today. Let’s talk to assess the inclusion of Paraguay as a beneficiary, given that we have the lowest vaccination rate in the region. We will support your initiative in the Lower House of Paraguay this week, ”Patria Querida Party MP Sebastián García wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday. Dear @CongressmanRaja, we appreciate your initiative. I contacted your office today. Let’s talk about it to assess Paraguay as a beneficiary, including we have the lowest vaccination rate in the region. We will endorse your initiative in the Lower House of Paraguay this week. https://t.co/R7iAmgkTTO pic.twitter.com/NeFmepX5r6 – Seba Garcia (@ sebagar8) April 25, 2021 PROPOSAL FROM PARAGUAY The draft resolution presented by the deputy aims to “declare interest the initiative of the American legislator Raja Krishnamoorthi to allocate the available vaccines not used by his country to third countries and urges the Department of Foreign Affairs to take action with the government of the United States of America to be part of the initiative and receive said vaccines. “The document notes that these vaccines not used in the United States may be useful in Paraguay. In this sense, it is requested that the mechanisms be articulated through the National Chancellery to express the intention to be beneficiaries, both in the United States. United than with other countries which would be in the same situation of registering surplus vaccines in order to obtain them. “OTHER COUNTRIES DESPERATELY NEED VACCINES” “We must release now our stock of unused AstraZeneca vaccines . In India alone, nearly 350,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported today. When people in India and elsewhere are in desperate need of help, we cannot let the vaccines sit in a warehouse, we have to take them to where they can save lives, “Congressman Krishnamoorthi said. Specifically, the US lawmaker’s proposal calls on President Joe Biden to hand over remaining doses of the Astra coronavirus vaccine Zeneca to countries experiencing massive and deadly COVID-19 infections. The document presented to the US Congress indicates that there are approximately 40 million doses of AstraZeneca that are not used locally. “In order to stop the spread of the virus internationally and protect public health and our international economy, we must drop these doses. I respectfully call on President Joe Biden’s administration to send these millions of doses to the countries hardest hit by the spread of COVID-19, including India, Argentina and other potential countries in the same situation. “We must release our stockpile of unused AstraZeneca vaccines now. In India alone, nearly 350,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported today. When people in India and elsewhere are in desperate need of help, we can’t let vaccines sit in a warehouse, we need to get them to where they’ll save lives pic.twitter.com/D3Ygtc8lzh – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) April 24, 2021
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