The Netherlands is banning passenger flights from India, which has been hard hit by COVID-19. The giant country has recorded a record number of new cases for the fifth day in a row, with nearly 353,000 new infections.
The Dutch ban takes effect tonight and lasts until May 1, according to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There have already been similar entry bans for people from South Africa and countries in Central and South America.
France has also reacted to the crisis situation in India, the other day a requirement for a ten-day quarantine was introduced for travelers from the giant country, according to the airline website. Simple Flying. The UK has put India on its ”red list”, meaning that only British and Irish citizens, or people with residency permits in the countries, are allowed to enter from India. However, all must quarantine for ten days.
The escalating spread of the infection in India has resulted in desperate hospitals, pleading patients and acute oxygen shortages.
The Covid storm has ”shaken the nation,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a radio address on Sunday, urging his countrymen to get vaccinated and be careful. Around the same time, the United States and Germany, among others, promised to send urgent emergency aid in the form of oxygen and medical equipment in the coming days.
Covid-19 has claimed over 195,000 lives in India, with over 2,800 deaths in the past 24 hours alone, Reuters news agency reports. A total of 17.3 million cases have been confirmed, but the undercount in the country, which is home to over 1.3 billion people, is believed to be large.
Source: TT
