{"id":443172,"date":"2021-04-22T17:50:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=443172"},"modified":"2021-04-22T17:50:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:50:59","slug":"india-breaks-world-record-for-covid-19-cases-in-day-countries-rush-to-ban-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-breaks-world-record-for-covid-19-cases-in-day-countries-rush-to-ban-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"India Breaks World Record For COVID-19 Cases In Day; Countries Rush To Ban Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findia-breaks-world-record-for-covid-19-cases-in-day-countries-rush-to-ban-travel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=443172&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3349.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>According to reports, numerous countries are banning travel from India in response to soaring COVID-19 infection rates, a rising death count, and the discovery of another COVID-19 variant in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-56848006\"><span>BBC News<\/span><\/a><span> reported late on Thursday that \u201cIndia will be placed onto the UK\u2019s travel \u2018red list\u2019 from 04:00 BST on Friday, effectively banning travel.\u201d This means that legal residents arriving from India must then quarantine in a government-approved hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson called India\u2019s addition to the red list a \u201cpurely precautionary\u201d step, adding, \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing in India is a result of a variant under investigation, it hasn\u2019t yet been deemed a variant of concern \u2014 I think that was why there has been the delay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith a severe spike in COVID-19 cases, countries across the world are putting India on their travel ban list. The US, Australia, Hong Kong, the UK, Pakistan and New Zealand have already released fresh travel advisories for their citizens, asking them to avoid travelling to\/from India,\u201d noted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/coronavirus-outbreak\/story\/uk-us-pakistan-new-zealand-japan-countries-put-india-on-international-travel-ban-list-as-second-virus-wave-surges-1793378-2021-04-21\"><span>India Today<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/notices\/covid-4\/coronavirus-india\"><span>guidance<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cTravelers should avoid all travel to India,\u201d with India ranked as the highest \u201cLevel 4.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/flight-ban-india-1.5997880\"><span>CBC<\/span><\/a><span> also reported that Canada would ban flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days, according to sources. The United Arab Emirates has also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/emirates-india-flight-suspension\/\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> suspended flights to India, with Emirates airline suspending all flights from India for 10 days, announcing, \u201cEffective 24 April 2021 and for the next 10 days, Emirates flights from India to the UAE will be suspended. Furthermore, passengers who have transited through India in the last 14 days will not be accepted to travel from any other point to the UAE.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, India broke the world record for most COVID-19 cases recorded in a single day, with fear spreading across the country as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs the health system breaks down, there are fears that law and order may follow: Oxygen tankers are traveling under police guard to fend off looters. The black market trade in medical equipment has soared,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2021\/04\/22\/989768074\/how-india-went-from-a-ray-of-hope-to-a-world-record-for-most-covid-cases-in-a-da\"><span>NPR<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cVaccines were stolen Thursday from a hospital warehouse in Haryana \u2013 but then the thief returned them hours later, with a note of apology. Police say the thief may have intended to steal anti-viral drugs, which are also in short supply.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPeople are stockpiling oxygen tanks at home, figuring there\u2019s no use in even trying to get into a hospital anymore,\u201d NPR continued, adding that \u201cSocial media are full of desperate pleas from Indians seeking hospital beds, oxygen, anti-viral drugs, vaccines. One longtime journalist live-tweeted his declining oxygen levels until he died.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The new variant discovered in India, named <\/span><span>B.1.617, has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/19\/what-do-we-know-about-the-indian-coronavirus-variant\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> \u201cgained ground in the western state of Maharashtra\u201d since December 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to available COVID-19 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/\"><span>data<\/span><\/a><span>, India leads the world in new cases (332,503), new deaths (2,256), and is second in total cases (16,257,309) to the United States (32,653,788).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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