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On Saturday morning, Health Minister Greg Hunt announced a temporary pause on travellers who have visited India within 14 days of their intended arrival date in Australia.
The penalty for failing to comply with the emergency determination under the Biosecurity Act, coming into effect at 12.01am Monday, could attract a $66,600 fine or a five-year jail term.
No such measure has been applied by the government to any other international COVID-19 hotspot so far.
Australian citizen Mandeep Sharma is currently stuck in the Indian city of Kapurthala. He left Australia on 2 April to bury his father.
Mr Sharma had his return flight to Australia scheduled for 7 May cancelled after a ban on flights from India was announced earlier in the week, and says the additional criminalisation measures are insulting.
Australia doctor defies distance to aid Covid-hit Indian relatives
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30/04/2021 - 04:04 Sydney cardiologist Yadu Singh has been providing medical guidance by phone, text and video chat to Covid-stricken relatives and online acquaintances in India Saeed KHAN AFP 3 min
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Living half a world away from Covid-stricken Indian relatives, Sydney doctor Yadu Singh has beat back his frustration at being unable to help by providing lifesaving medical guidance via phone, text and video chat.
It was 4 am in eastern Australia, and finally, bleary-eyed, the veteran cardiologist had found a hospital bed for his niece s husband.
The patient would have to endure a gruelling eight-hour drive out of virus-swamped Delhi, but at the end of the road lay the promise of oxygen, and with it, a chance for survival.
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Living half a world away from COVID-stricken Indian relatives, Sydney doctor Yadu Singh has beat back his frustration at being unable to help by providing lifesaving medical guidance via phone, text and video chat.
It was 4am AEST and finally, bleary-eyed, the veteran cardiologist had found a hospital bed for his niece s husband.
The patient would have to endure a gruelling eight-hour drive out of virus-swamped Delhi, but at the end of the road lay the promise of oxygen, and with it, a chance for survival.
Like many in India s millions-strong diaspora, Dr Singh has watched in abject horror as coronavirus consumes the country, infecting more than 360,000 people every day.
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Australia doctor defies distance to aid Indian relatives hit by COVID-19
Sydney cardiologist Yadu Singh has been providing medical guidance by phone, text and video chat to coronavirus-stricken relatives and online acquaintances in India. (Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan)
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SYDNEY: Living half a world away from coronavirus-stricken Indian relatives, Sydney doctor Yadu Singh has beat back his frustration at being unable to help by providing lifesaving medical guidance via phone, text and video chat.
It was 4am in eastern Australia, and finally, bleary-eyed, the veteran cardiologist had found a hospital bed for his niece s husband.
Living half a world away from Covid-stricken Indian relatives, Sydney doctor Yadu Singh has beat back his frustration at being unable to help by providing lifesaving medical guidance via phone, text and video chat.