TN reaches out to US civil rights leader to help state with vaccine supply
State Finance Minister held a zoom call meeting on May 21, 2021, and urged Jackson to request President Biden to expeditiously release an allotment of AstraZeneca vaccines for India.
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CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has reached out to US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson (Sr) to help ensure that at least 60 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the excess reserves in the US are shipped to India at the earliest.
In an appeal to Jackson on the direction of CM MK Stalin, Finance Minister Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan held a zoom call meeting on May 21, and urged Jackson to request US President Joe Biden to expeditiously release an allotment of AstraZeneca vaccines for India (including a portion earmarked to the State of Tamil Nadu) from the 80 million vaccines that the US has offered to donate to foreign countries, according to a statement is