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Coronavirus: US to restrict travel from India from Tuesday amid devastating surge in cases

Published Apr 30 2021 at 7:22 PM GMT

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The US will restrict travel from India starting on May 4, the White House said on 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 Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.“The policy will be implemented in light of extraordinarily high Covid-19 caseloads and multiple variants….

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Published Apr 30, 2021 7:22 PM GMT