The US government has asked its citizens to leave India as soon as possible because of the country’s escalating COVID-19 crisis. In a Level 4 travel advisory — the highest issued by the State Department – the US citizens were told “not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so.” There are 14 direct daily flights between India and the US and other services that connect through Europe, the department said. Indian authorities and hospitals are struggling to cope with record COVID-19 infections and deaths for the last several weeks. Australia earlier … Continue reading US tells its citizens to leave India as covid swamps hospitals