Australian businessman of Indian origin stranded in India dies from COVID-19
Sydney-based businessman Govind Kant had arrived in India in early April, reportedly to attend his mother s funeral, who passed away due to COVID-19
BusinessToday.In | May 19, 2021 | Updated 10:12 IST
47-year-old Kant, considered to be a stalwart of Australia s solar industry, passed away at a hospital in Delhi on May 16. (Photo: Facebook grab)
Sydney-based businessman Govind Kant died of COVID-19 in India on May 16, after contracting the infection at the end of April.
47-year-old Kant, considered to be a stalwart of Australia s solar industry, passed away at a hospital in Delhi. He had arrived in the country following his mother s death but got stuck because of a temporary travel ban imposed by the Australian government on people traveling from India in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19.
Third Australian dies of Covid in India while caring for elderly parents Michael McGowan
A third Australian has died from Covid-19 in India.
Sunil Khanna, 51, from Sydney’s west, had been caring for his elderly parents in New Delhi before his death late last month.
First reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, his brother, Sanjay Khanna, confirmed to the Guardian that his brother and mother – an Indian national – had both died a few days after contracting the virus in late April.
Khanna is now seeking urgent help from the Australian government to allow his 83-year-old father – also an Indian national – to travel to Australia on humanitarian grounds.
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