Migration recommends not to travel to India | By the c …

The National Directorate of Migration has recommended Argentines traveling abroad not to go through India, Given the rapid spread of the new variant detected in the Asian country, the second with the most cases of coronavirus in the world.

The Indian variant, known as B16171, is a double mutation, raising concerns that vaccines are less effective in preventing it. Is “the new strain detected is spreading rapidly and in a single day has reported more than 350,000 cases and 2,803 deaths in this country“, Warned this Monday the national director of Migration, Florencia Carignano.

To avoid the spread of this variant, Carignano recalled that “Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the United Arab Emirates, among others, have already restricted direct flights with this country”.

Since there are no direct flights to India from Argentina, the recommendation of the head of migration is addressed to those who plan to travel to the country “through different connections”.

To continue to “take care of us the responsibility of each Argentinian and Argentinian is fundamental ”, concluded the person in charge.

On Monday, for the fifth day in a row, India recorded a new world record for daily coronavirus cases, with 350,179 infections, while in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,812 deaths from the disease were recorded.

The situation in the country, with 1.3 billion inhabitants, is critical: people die from lack of oxygen in saturated hospitals and cemeteries collapse. In New Delhi, the capital, authorities have decided to extend the detention for another week, which was due to end on April 26 but will last until May 3.