<p><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;</strong>Responding to the request to lift the ban on the export of raw material for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine which in turn threatens to slow India's vaccination drive, a State Dept. official said that the Biden adminstration has to put the needs of the American people first.&nbsp;</p> <p>A State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: "...the United States first and foremost is engaged in an ambitious and effective and, so far, successful effort to vaccinate the American people," when he was asked&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <span style="color: #f80707;"><a style="color: #f80707;" href="https://ift.tt/3xhFJLc Directs States To Ensure Security For Oxygen Transporting Vehicles, Seeks Provision For Exclusive Corridors</a></span></strong></p> <p>"That campaign is well underway, and we're doing that for a couple of reasons. Number one, we have a special responsibility to the American people. Number two, the American people, this country has been hit harder than any other country around the world more than 550,000 deaths, tens of millions of infections in this country alone," he said on Thursday.</p>

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