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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday
https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/nation-world/us-restricting-travel-from-india-over-covid-starting-may-4/507-5df44fad-5ed2-4907-b3e9-87d6a0dd0f8aThe U.S. action comes days after Biden spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the growing health crisis and pledged to immediately send assistance.
WASHINGTON The U.S. will restrict travel from India starting on May 4, the White House said Friday, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden's administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday (Original Post)
SheltieLover
Apr 2021
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bamagal62
(3,218 posts)1. Why wait 4 days?
Why not just do it immediately?
womanofthehills
(8,579 posts)2. Needs to give the Americans in India time to return
I hope they all go into quarantine. Scientists now doing research on the Indian triple mutation strain to see if it evades the natural immune system and the vaccines. Very worrisome.
bamagal62
(3,218 posts)3. I hope they require quarantine.
It is very concerning.
MichMan
(11,778 posts)4. Australia is jailing for 5 yrs any of its citizens who return from India.