USA Reissues Level 4 Travel Advisory Urging Citizens Not to Travel to India Do not travel to India due to COVID-19, cautions the US state department to its citizens after reissuing a level 4 travel advisory to India.
| 6 May 2021 10:06 AM GMT
Washington- As the COVID-19 cases in India keep skyrocketing and spiraling out of control with every passing day, the US government reissued its travel advisory urging its citizen to refrain from traveling to India.
India is presently suffering from an unprecedented surge in the cases of the novel coronavirus, reporting more than three lakh fresh cases on a daily basis for the past few days resulting in the overburdening of the healthcare infrastructure dangerously bringing it on the verge of collapse. There have been widespread acute shortages of hospital beds, supply of medical oxygen and life-saving drugs as well as manpower signaling the inefficient functioning of the healthcare sector in India.
US Denies Issuing New Guidance To Americans To Leave India, Says There Was Misreporting On The Issue
by IANS - Apr 30, 2021 06:04 AM
Flags of the United States and India (Manpreet Romana/AFP via Getty Images)
The US State Department has denied that it has issued new guidance to American citizens in India to leave the country as reported by some media.
Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday (30 April) that there has been some misreporting, perhaps a misperception, that we provided revised guidance to private American citizens in India. That is not true.
He clarified that the department had only reissued a routine travel advisory for India that also applies to 80 per cent of the countries.
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Americans advised to avoid all travels to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Maldives
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The authorities also urged Americans to reconsider travel to China and Nepal.
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The authorities also urged Americans to reconsider travel to China and Nepal. The U.S. has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and the Maldives due to the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the region.
In a series of travel advisories on Thursday, the authorities also urged Americans to reconsider travel to China and Nepal; exercise increased caution while travelling to Sri Lanka and exercise normal travel precaution to Bhutan, which has been given Level 1, the safest level for travelling overseas.