New Zealanders stuck in India are desperate for help, as the country experiences a devastating second wave of Covid-19 cases.
Patients take a stroll at a quarantine centre for Covid-19 coronavirus infected patients at a banquet hall that was converted into an isolation centre to handle the rising cases of infection in New Delhi.
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India reported more than 350,000 daily cases on Monday, and more than 2800 deaths, with overcrowded hospitals running low on supplies.
New Zealander Kiri Tepana moved to India just over a year ago when her husband was denied a visa to stay in New Zealand.
She s isolating at home with him and their two daughters in a small village in Punjab, and said the latest wave of Covid-19 cases was scary.
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The Indian community is split over the Government s controversial move to suspend entry to New Zealand for travellers from India, after a spike in COVID-19 cases at the border.
India is currently experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths - the number of reported cases each day has multiplied by six in the past few weeks, and deaths by a similar amount.
And there has been a growing number of cases from India detected at the border - more than half of all imported cases in the last couple of months have originated on the subcontinent.