Coronavirus digest: US lowers travel advisory for India
The number of fresh cases in India has fallen to a four-month low. Elsewhere, a new study shows over 1 million children have lost a caregiver due to COVID. DW has the latest.
US asks citizens to travel if they must, since cases remain active in some local hotspots
The US State Department has lowered its COVID-related travel advisory for India and Pakistan to Level 3 Reconsider Travel from Level 4 Do Not Travel.
The advisories had previously asked US residents not to travel to either country.
Restrictions imposed in May, which bar the entry of nearly all non-US citizens who have been in India within the last 14, remain in place.
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Eight Asia-Pacific cities, led by Auckland, New Zealand, have made it to the top 10 of the Economist Intelligence Unit s annual ranking of the
world’s most liveable cities, helped in no small part by more effective pandemic responses in the region.
However, European cities saw a marked fall down the ranks, primarily because of prolonged lockdowns and significant pressure on healthcare infrastructure. Cities across the world are now much less liveable than they were before the pandemic began, and we’ve seen that regions such as Europe have been hit particularly hard, the EIU said in a statement.