As US COVID-19 cases hit 1M, many Americans opt to stay on in India
By IANS | Published: April 29, 2020 07:48 AM2020-04-29T07:48:33+5:302020-04-29T08:05:08+5:30
Many Americans in India who had signed up for airlifts back to the US are now deciding to stay back and "ride it out" during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the State Department's top consular official.
As US COVID-19 cases hit 1M, many Americans opt to stay on in India
were waiting for airlifts.
India has cancelled passenger flights and rail transportation during the strict lockdown imposed on March 25.
Brownlee had spoken earlier of the massive logistics effort required to bring Americans from around the vast country to Mumbai and New Delhi, the departure points for the chartered flights.
(Arul Louis can be contacted at arul.l@.in and followed on Twitter @arulouis)
( With inputs from IANS )
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