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U.S. to restrict travel from India effective May 4 amid massive Covid surge

April 30, 2021

Via: CNBC

The Biden administration will restrict travel from India as that country grapples with a gigantic surge in coronavirus cases, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday. The policy will take effect Tuesday, May 4, Psaki said in a statement. […]


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Echoes Of The Past: Can We Apply Lessons Of The Polio Era To The Coronavirus Pandemic?

August 17, 2020

Via: Forbes

When I first visited India in 2005, the country still had 66 cases of polio. But when I flew to India this past January, I landed in a country that had been polio-free for nearly six years. India achieved its […]


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India is working to ‘plug every possible loophole’ to prevent a coronavirus epidemic, minister says

February 14, 2020

Via: CNBC

From stepping up airport screenings to keeping tabs on thousands of individuals who returned from abroad, India is monitoring the new coronavirus outbreak at the highest level to prevent an epidemic, health minister Harsh Vardhan said Friday. The fast-spreading virus […]


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What The U.S. Can Learn From India’s Emergency Response System

January 23, 2019

Via: Forbes

Minutes and sometimes seconds can often mean the difference between life and death. Knowing that, India took on the herculean task of transforming their fragmented and unreliable emergency response system into a groundbreaking one that is now the largest and […]