Sonia Gandhi To Chair COVID-19 Meet For Congress-Ruled States Today, Rahul Gandhi To Attend Too

Congress COVID-19 Meet: The meeting comes a day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to place an immediate moratorium on the export of vaccines, fast track approval of other vaccines and open up vaccination to everyone who needs it.

Congress's interim chief Sonia Gandhi will hold a virtual meeting today with Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states on the issue of the COVID-19 situation as the country witnessed a surge in coronavirus cases. Senior party leader Rahul Gandhi will also be attending the meet. In the meeting, the status of the COVID-19 in the states will be reviewed. The Congress leadership will also make suggestions to help the public, sources told news agency ANI. Several states including Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar are facing vaccine shortages.