Congress must pass more funding for international COVID-19 vaccination

A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine during a special booster vaccination drive at a railway station in Secunderabad, India on July 19. (Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images)

The Sun-Times article “‘Relentless roller coaster: COVID-19 subvariants put Chicago area at high risk level — again” highlighted that coronavirus cases are rising in Cook County. It is heartbreaking that hospitalizations are increasing, but it is excellent that typical precautions, like vaccinations and masks, can still protect against the spread.

Although the Cook County Department of Public Health can assure people that vaccines will protect them even during the current uptick in cases, the same is not true in other countries.