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dalton99a

(81,070 posts)
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 12:54 AM Apr 2021

U.S. Tells Citizens to Get Out of India as Covid Crisis Deepens

Source: Bloomberg

The U.S. government told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible as the country’s Covid-19 crisis worsens at an astonishing pace.

In a Level 4 travel advisory --- the highest issued by the State Department -- U.S. citizens were told “not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so.” There are 14 direct daily flights between India and the U.S. and other services that connect through Europe, the department said.

Indian authorities and hospitals are struggling to cope with unprecedented Covid infections and deaths. Official data on Thursday showed new cases rose by a staggering 379,257 over the prior 24 hours, another record, while 3,645 additional lives were lost. More than 204,800 people have died. The South Asian nation now has the world’s fastest-growing caseload with 18.4 million confirmed instances. The virus has gripped India’s populace with a severity not seen in its first wave.

Mass funeral pyres, lines of ambulances outside overcrowded hospitals and desperate pleas on social media for oxygen underscore how grossly unprepared India’s federal and state governments are to tackle the latest coronavirus wave.


Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-29/u-s-tells-citizens-to-leave-india-as-covid-19-swamps-hospitals

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U.S. Tells Citizens to Get Out of India as Covid Crisis Deepens (Original Post) dalton99a Apr 2021 OP
Will they quarantine when arriving here ? dweller Apr 2021 #1
It appears there is no requirement dalton99a Apr 2021 #2
I wondered about that, too. Liberty Belle Apr 2021 #3
My first thought Withywindle Apr 2021 #25
Modi clearly can't handle this crisis, yeah I said it - Now watch as DU gets banned in India ck4829 Apr 2021 #4
Modi, Trump, Bolsonaro, Putin, Johnson, etc. IronLionZion Apr 2021 #18
throw their asses in quarantine as soon as they're off those planes orleans Apr 2021 #5
Way too late. The variety is already here and probably has been for awhile JCMach1 Apr 2021 #24
Other countries will have to quarantine them or C-19 will explode across the planet like wildfire... Hekate Apr 2021 #6
I am hoping we do what we can to help India Skittles Apr 2021 #7
India's triple mutant Virus may evade our vaccines womanofthehills Apr 2021 #8
Quarantine? NJCher Apr 2021 #9
True. A smarter evac seems warranted mdelaguna Apr 2021 #11
This is like a spring 2020 redux BumRushDaShow Apr 2021 #10
"Run away!" Martin68 Apr 2021 #12
How is this going to happen safely? Initech Apr 2021 #13
It is so refreshing having a leader who cares about their people. OneCrazyDiamond Apr 2021 #14
A Brit journalit in India on CNN said "everyone" he knows has it, and it didn't Hortensis Apr 2021 #15
It's pretty much impossible to social distance in that part of the world IronLionZion Apr 2021 #17
Multiplee variants in India that are way more contagious than the original. Scary. nt Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #16
Quarantine and test all of them! Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2021 #19
Isolate arrivals James48 Apr 2021 #20
There is a fifth horseman of the apocalypse. roamer65 Apr 2021 #21
Agreed. Delphinus Apr 2021 #23
Testing for COVID 19 is still required to get into the US tonekat Apr 2021 #22
I don't see how a negative test within 3 days really helps Withywindle Apr 2021 #26

Liberty Belle

(9,528 posts)
3. I wondered about that, too.
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 01:19 AM
Apr 2021

This should be required so we don't relive the cruise ship passengers who brought it here.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
25. My first thought
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 04:31 AM
Apr 2021

Why the hell are we allowing anyone to come here from there with no quarantine period?

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
4. Modi clearly can't handle this crisis, yeah I said it - Now watch as DU gets banned in India
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 02:25 AM
Apr 2021

Because that will solve things.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
18. Modi, Trump, Bolsonaro, Putin, Johnson, etc.
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 12:45 PM
Apr 2021

The pandemic has clearly been way worse in countries ruled by RW assholes than the ones with sensible liberal leaders.

orleans

(33,987 posts)
5. throw their asses in quarantine as soon as they're off those planes
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 02:50 AM
Apr 2021

it's a public health concern/crisis

i don't know why they hell they they are being told to get out as soon as possible but aren't being told to quarantine.

so...get out of there, bring it home and spread it wherever you want to

ugh!

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
10. This is like a spring 2020 redux
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 06:25 AM
Apr 2021

when Americans were encouraged to return home from Europe, en masse, unbeknownst at the time when many were asymptomatic. And for those who were symptomatic, a variety of "symptoms" were completely dismissed as not being valid "symptoms".

And this is happening just when everything is being thrown open with the fantasy that the vaccine is a "shield".

We're fucked.

The one fortunate thing is that the travel back and forth to India is probably a fraction of what occurred between the U.S. and European countries, so we're talking about a much smaller number of people in general.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
13. How is this going to happen safely?
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 10:49 AM
Apr 2021

Shit this could send everything back to ground zero if this gets out in the open.

OneCrazyDiamond

(2,029 posts)
14. It is so refreshing having a leader who cares about their people.
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 10:56 AM
Apr 2021

You can trust the information they put out, and make informed decisions before things blow up. That right there will save lives.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
15. A Brit journalit in India on CNN said "everyone" he knows has it, and it didn't
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 10:59 AM
Apr 2021

really sound like hyperbole. He's trying to be safe but pretty much resigned to getting it, and he speculates that highly infectious variants are a big part of what's happening, not just the millions who traveled during that month-long festival.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
17. It's pretty much impossible to social distance in that part of the world
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 12:44 PM
Apr 2021

in a culture where several generations live together and the population is so high. The best people can do it wear masks and try to get the few vaccines available. So more contagious variants are a major problem in places like that. People still pull down their masks to eat, drink, show ID, or it's too hot and stuffy.

James48

(4,416 posts)
20. Isolate arrivals
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 06:03 PM
Apr 2021

And make them isolate for ten days.
All flights from India needs to be flagged to isolate ion arrival. Fill local hotels.

tonekat

(1,805 posts)
22. Testing for COVID 19 is still required to get into the US
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 07:05 PM
Apr 2021

From the State Dept. Travel page:

Effective January 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will require all air passengers two years of age and over entering the United States (including U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents) to present a negative COVID-19 test, taken within three (3) calendar days of departure​, or proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days. Airlines must confirm the negative test result or proof of recent recovery for all passengers prior to boarding. ​Airlines must deny boarding of passengers who do not provide documentation of a negative test or recovery.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
26. I don't see how a negative test within 3 days really helps
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 04:34 AM
Apr 2021

Considering how likely one is to get infected AT the airport.

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