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online until around June, and so the argument that we want to secure enough doses for ourselves including boosters can be defensible. Unquestionably, this is a very difficult situation. Amazing, but Vivek called me right after I wrote this with the same feeling as expressed above. We tried to get a meeting with Vivek, me, Rochelle, and Jeff to discuss how we are going to handle the situation with regard to India , particularly on the Sunday TV shows that Vivek and I will be on tomorrow. Unfortunately, Jeff could not squeeze in a meeting. PRESS: Huffington Post: Anthony Fauci Delivers Short, Sharp Shutdown Of GOP Senator's Vaccine Doubt Bluster April 25, 2021 - Global - 146,100,000/3,100,000; USA - 31,800,000/569,000 We had an important zoom talk at 11:00 AM today with Jeff, me, Rochelle, Natalie, and Vivek regarding our response to the crisis in India. See above. Jeff is sensitive to our concerns and indicated that Jake Sullivan in NSC is already involved in sending materials to India including filters for vaccine production, oxygen supplies, ventilators, therapeutics such as remdesivir and favipiravir, sedation meds, test kits, and PPE. I brought up the fact that the real issue is sending our doses of the AZ vaccine that we now have on the shelf. The issue is that we keep saying that we will do this when we are confident that we will be able to vaccinate all Americans. However, this is somewhat contradictory since we have already publicly said that we have enough vaccine from Moderna and Pfizer to vaccinate everyone in the country who needs to be vaccinated. And so, it is clear that we're not going two need the AZ vaccine. Thus, why not send it off to India and other countries as soon as possible? Jeff and Natalie agreed and we will push this agenda soon. Release today! - National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke by phone today with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, expressing deep sympathy for the people of India following the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. Mr. Sullivan affirmed America's solidarity with India, the two countries with the greatest number of COVID-19 cases in the world. Building on the seven-decade health partnership between the United States and India --including battles against smallpox, polio, and HIV -- they resolved that India and the United States will continue to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic together. Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, the United States is determined to help India in its time of need.