CoronavirusHarris calls India 'critically important' to US, vowing more aid
Vice president speaks about family as daily COVID-19 cases reach new high
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a virtual meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex on May 7. © AP
MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer
NEW YORK -- Vice President Kamala Harris vowed Friday that the U.S. would support India, the birthplace of her mother where she still has family, throughout the pandemic by suspending patents on COVID-19 vaccines and other measures as the South Asian nation saw daily infections shatter another record.