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US restricts travel from India for indefinite period; students, scribes exempted (FILE)
The travel ban imposed by US President Joe Biden for people coming from India, which is experiencing one of the worst waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, came into effect on Tuesday. Biden issued a proclamation on Friday restricting travel from India starting from May 4.
Certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exempted from the ban, according to the US State Department. US nationals, those having green cards, their non-citizen spouses and children below 21 years of age, are among the various categories exempted from the restrictions.
The new restrictions, which take effect on Tuesday (May 4) at 12:01 am ET (0401 GMT), are on the advice of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and were imposed because "the magnitude and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic" in India was "surging," the White House said.
UPDATED: May 1, 2021 11:19 IST
The US has decided to restrict travel from India starting May 4 on the advice of the CDC. (Photo: AP)
Certain categories of students, academics, journalists and individuals have been exempted from the India travel ban announced by President Joe Biden, the US State Department said.
The exemptions were issued by Secretary of State Tony Blinken, hours after Biden issued a proclamation restricting travel from India beginning May 4 because of the extraordinarily high Covid-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in the country .
According to the State Department, the travel ban exemption is in line with a similar exemption that the US has granted to some categories of travellers from Brazil, China, Iran and or South Africa.
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COVID-19: US imposing restrictions on travel from India starting May 4
In the wake of a continuous rise in COVID-19 cases, the United States has imposed restrictions on travel from India, beginning Tuesday (May 4). An official announcement regarding the same was made by Vice President Kamala Harris. We have announced that starting Tuesday on the advice of the CDC (Centres for Disease Control, our COVID-19 experts, medical experts and national security advisors travel restrictions will come into force for India, she told reporters on Friday.
Harris, who was visiting Cincinnati, said, There is no question that it (COVID surge in India) is a great tragedy, in terms of the loss of life, and as I have said before, and I will say again, we as a country have made a commitment to the people of India to support them.
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