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The Biden administration's new travel restrictions on India took place today as that country faces a worsening COVID crisis. The policy bans most travel from India to the U.S. with some exceptions.
The government launched several initiatives to address these shortages, including converting public buildings into COVID-19 care centers and increasing domestic production of medical supplies. Unfortunately, the second wave of COVID-19 hit India in April 2021, resulting in even higher numbers of cases and deaths than the first wave.
A study in Science found that travel restrictions could delay the initial arrival of COVID-19 in a country but had only modest overall effects unless combined with infection prevention and control measures to significantly reduce transmission. [7] [8] [9] These findings are consistent with prior research on influenza and other communicable ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a video conference with the state Chief Ministers on May 11, 2020. The Indian state governments have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in India with various declarations of emergency, closure of institutions and public meeting places, and other restrictions intended to contain the spread of the virus.
India reported a record number of new deaths with 4,187. The country also reported 401,078 new confirmed cases, marking the third consecutive day of 400,000 or more cases. [68] CBS News reported that people in India were dying faster than they could be cremated or buried, leading to makeshift crematoriums appearing around the country. [69]
Despite uptick in border encounters, policies for adults traveling alone haven't changed under Biden
On 15 April 2021, a report in Dainik Bhaskar's Bhopal edition stated that the official number of COVID-19 deaths in Bhopal during the last 5 days were 21, however cremations had taken place for 356 COVID-19 cases. [39] India Today and The New York Times found similar discrepancies in Bhopal in April. [40] [34]
In 2021 during the 2nd Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic the Colleges & educational Institutions of Andaman & Nicobar Islands was still continued follow the offline mode of teaching. Siddhanth Rai Sharma a Students Leader of ABVP demanded to close all the colleges of Andaman & Nicobar Islands for the safety of the Students community of Islands.