COVID-19: US advises its citizens to keep away from travelling to India
United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had suggested its citizens to keep away from travelling to India amid an enormous surge in COVID-19 circumstances within the nation. In a press release, the CDC mentioned: “Because of the current situation in India even fully vaccinated travellers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to India. If you must travel to India, get fully vaccinated before travel. All travellers should wear a mask, stay 6 feet from others, avoid crowds, and wash their hands.”
The CDC additionally issued travel suggestions for fully vaccinated travellers which said: “If you are fully vaccinated, then do not have to get tested before leaving the United States, unless your destination requires it and you do not have to self-quarantine after you arrive in the United States.”
The United Kingdom has already added India to its travel “red list” on a precautionary foundation after reporting 103 circumstances of a coronavirus variant first recognized in India, the nation’s well being minister Matt Hancock mentioned on Monday.
The COVID-19 state of affairs in India has been deteriorating amid the second wave of coronavirus infections.Â
What Finance Minister mentioned on COVID-19 state of affairs in India
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday mentioned she has taken inputs from varied business chambers on issues of India Inc with regard to the administration of the COVID pandemic and the centre would proceed to work with state governments to save lives and livelihood. She sought suggestions from companies to cope with the influence of the second COVID-19 wave on the nation’s financial system.
It is to be famous that the financial system contracted by a whopping 23.9 per cent within the first quarter (April-June) of the earlier monetary yr due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Spoke on the telephone with each of the following business/Chamber leaders. Took their inputs on industry/Association related matters. Informed them that GoI at various levels from @PMOIndia is responding to #Covid management. Working together with states for lives and livelihoods,” she mentioned in a tweet.
The Finance Minister had interactions with heads of business chambers together with CII president Uday Kotak, Uday Shankar, president Ficci, and Vineet Agarwal president Assocham.
