India’s 2nd wave of Wuhan pneumonia (CCP virus) epidemic worsened, including Taiwan and other embassy agencies in India have suspended foreign operations such as visas. The U.S. Embassy agency in India today reported that more than 100 people have been diagnosed and 2 employees have died.
India’s 2nd wave 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia) epidemic continues to worsen, the recent average daily new cases are more than 300,000 cases, more serious is the rapid increase in the number of patients so that hospitals to the central government after the alert, not properly handled, resulting in a lack of oxygen and other medical resources, beds are difficult to find, the collapse of the medical system.
In order to combat the severe epidemic and protect the health of the personnel stationed in India, the representative in India, Ge Bao Xuan, decided to suspend the visa operations of the representative office in India until the end of May, in order to prevent the personnel from entering and leaving the country to increase the chance of infection, but all the officials stationed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are still working normally, and the officials stationed in other ministries are divided into two groups to work on alternate days.
As for the Indian employees in India, for their safety, all of them are working at home.
In addition, the representative office in India also contacted the local hospital in New Delhi and arranged for the vaccination of its staff on the 15th.
Due to the rapid deterioration of the epidemic in New Delhi, the city government closed the city for six days from the 20th, and then extended the closure for another week, but allowed officials, essential service personnel and diplomats to go to work as usual.
However, most of the foreign embassies in New Delhi have changed to work from home, visa operations are also suspended, and some European embassies are considering the temporary evacuation of their officials back to their home countries.
Although there are no official statistics on the number of diplomats in India, CNN said today, citing unnamed sources, that more than 100 people at U.S. embassies in India have been diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia in recent weeks, and two employees have died in the outbreak.
The United States currently has an embassy in the capital, New Delhi, and consulates in five different cities, with a total of 2,000 to 3,000 people, including U.S. officials and employees.
However, the source did not specify the specific details of which U.S. agency in India the diagnosed and deceased were from.
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