Breaking news as the White House is set to officially announce a ban on travel to the US from India as COVID-19 continues to spread through the country. White House Staff, including White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, have announced that the plan will go into effect from May 4th and apply to a vast majority of non-US citizens.
US to ban travel from India
President Joe Biden will issue a proclamation barring travel from India to the US by foreign nationals. The ban will apply to those who have physically been in India within the previous 14 days and is likely to take a similar shape as Brazil, Europe, and South Africa bans, according to a report in Reuters.
In a statement reported in the New York Times, White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated the following:
“The policy will be implemented in light of extraordinarily high Covid-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in India.”
This story is breaking and will be updated.