Dr Yadu Singh, the president of the Federation of Indian Associations of New South Wales and the head of the Council of Indian Federations of Australia, said: “They need to think about a different mechanism so as not to waste those seats.”
Total cases of Covid-19 have topped 24 million in India, with the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, saying the country was “on a war footing” as more than 4,000 people died from the virus for a third straight day.
India is experiencing a spread of cases associated with the B.1.617 variant, which some experts say could be more transmissible than other variants. The World Health Organization this week declared it a “variant of concern”.
Sydney-based cardiologist Dr Yadu Singh has spent the past few days frantically calling doctors and hospitals around New Delhi and his home state of Uttar Pradesh to find a hospital bed with oxygen for a young relative who had contracted Covid-19. Singh’s niece’s husband, 29, who lives in Delhi, was having breathing difficulties but was unable to find a hospital bed in the entire city to provide oxygen treatment, as India grapples with a record.
Indian Australians Say Morrison Morally Obliged To Repatriate Citizens Stranded In India
on April 26 2021 8:36 PM India s surge has seen it add about 350,000 cases and 2,600 deaths a day, and the healthcare system has been pushed to breaking point AFP / Maude BRULARD
Indian Australians are calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison s government to help stranded citizens in the COVID-19-stricken country to come home.
Syndey-based cardiologist Dr. Yadu Singh believes the government has to work towards mass repatriation. She says the Morrison government is morally obliged to do everything for Australians who are stuck there.
“I have been approached by a lot of Indians in Australia who say we actually need to do more. I urge Mr. Morrison to consider a separate quarantine facility, where they are not causing risk to other arrivals,” Singh told The Guardian.
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